swordsman
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Two years later, Kilmer starred as a mercenary swordsman in Willow, the fantasy adventure directed by Ron Howard.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2025
Not to worry, though: Sargon is just as slick a swordsman, with the ability to swing two blades at once, pull off superhuman acrobatics and even stop and rewind time.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 14, 2024
She’s joined by Edred, a Legolas-type elven swordsman who was Melinda’s lover in a previous life, and Seng, a floating bald kid who recalls Avatar Aang, drifting in and out of the astral plane.
From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
He had Jewett read “The Book of Five Rings,” by Japanese swordsman and philosopher Miyamoto Musashi.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2021
“Luke’s the best swordsman in the last three hundred years.”
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
Akira Kurosawa’s tale of a 19th-century samurai who leads a group of swordsmen against a corrupt local governor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2020
On any given day, the selfie sticks waving in the air along the upper deck give the impression of a band of swordsmen setting off on a raid.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 24, 2018
Sure, the show offers cartoonish heroics like Aliff’s burly Porthos easily outfighting four swordsmen.
From Washington Post ● May 16, 2016
Any further pondering would have to wait, at any rate, until after Bronn and Jaime dispatched a posse of Dornish swordsmen.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2015
I dodged and slashed and rolled, but I felt like I was fighting a hundred swordsmen.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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