machete

Example Sentences

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As the two old men told their stories, a youngster brushed past them, a machete slung over his shoulder.

From Barron's

Jack built a three-sided shed for the tools, with a hook for the bananas and his big machete to cut them with.

From Literature

In his field, just a stone's throw from his house, Kone still works only with a machete and wears open-toed shoes.

From Barron's

"It was more like Lord of the Flies or Borstal," she said, adding that every girl there had a machete, in order to cut the grass.

From BBC

On Saturday morning, men with machetes hacked through branches as thick as their arms, clearing patches of the road where traffic jams were at a standstill.

From BBC