swordsman

Example Sentences

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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

Cyrano de Bergerac is, we are told, a “soldier, poet, philosopher, magician, playwright … and the best swordsman in Paris.”

From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2022

A prolific composer as well an accomplished swordsman, he wrote string quartets, symphonies and concertos while leading one of Europe's best orchestras - Le Concert des Amateurs.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2022

He had Jewett read “The Book of Five Rings,” by Japanese swordsman and philosopher Miyamoto Musashi.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2021

This was a wonderful gift, no doubt, and yet of what use was a sword when the creature to be struck by it could turn the swordsman into stone before he was within striking distance?

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton