stab

Example Sentences

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In theory, the majority might have felt it was proper for the lower court to take the first stab as a matter of appellate procedure.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

“She gets to be released on Valentine’s Day, which is another stab in the gut,” Montalvo said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

There’s also a reference to septicemia, which is writer-director Emerald Fennell’s perhaps too-technical stab at explaining the nonspecific Victorian disease that afflicts one character.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

"The teacher's injury is not a stab injury. A lockdown was implemented but has now been lifted," he said.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

It felt like the stab of a fat needle.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff