rapier
Example Sentences
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Susan, who has multiple sclerosis, walks with a cane, but one wouldn’t be surprised to see her wielding it as a rapier.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
“A broken rapier can push the clutch perfectly,” he explains, demonstrating his technique with an imaginary sword.
From BBC • Aug. 28, 2024
Schroeder took on the powerful elite with her rapier wit and antics for 24 years, shaking up stodgy government institutions by forcing them to acknowledge that women had a role in government.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2023
Puss, of course, is armed with a rapier, not a pistol, but the point is taken — as was the inspiration, directly from Leone’s “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2023
He had a surprisingly compelling speaking voice for so small a man, an instrument that he wielded like a rapier when he addressed large crowds in person or spoke on the radio.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Vocabulary lists containing rapier
Othello
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"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 1
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