scythe
Example Sentences
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The Vatican foreign minister described the Pope's ability to scythe through difficult subjects with clarity, reminding officials, for example, to remember migrants as human beings and not just "numbers" in their discussions about them.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2025
She quickly wields her talent for sizing up men like a scythe, cutting him off at the knees, or maybe a few inches higher, before he can further ruin her solace.
From Salon • Feb. 27, 2023
“We foreshadow what the Wolf will reveal he is later in the story by having his sickle, or scythe, having that same kind of framing.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2023
Other business leaders have taken a scythe to their software sprawl.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2022
Scythehood is humanity’s highest calling, and to achieve it should cut one’s soul to the very core, so that no scythe will ever forget the cost of the ring they bear.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
