scimitar

Example Sentences

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The mother's diet was most similar to that of the scimitar cat, a mammoth specialist.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2024

Pennsylvania Avenue was festooned with the scimitar and crescent symbol of the Shriners and strung with 35,000 electric lights.

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2023

Riot gear meets scimitar in the streets of Verona, where the civil war between the Montagues and the Capulets has technically ended but hostilities persist in a musical no man’s land.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2022

The haul included some extinct animals, such as the scimitar oryx, and endangered species like lions, cheetahs and the Bengal tiger.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2022

I sat in the driver's seat, Belet riding shotgun, or, in her case, riding scimitar with Kasusu.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda