at swords' points
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In the Los Angeles courtroom of Superior Judge Thurmond Clarke last week some 250 of West Adams' residents stood at swords' points.
From Time Magazine Archive
They have been at swords' points ever since 1924 when Senator Couzens expressed hearty disapproval of Secretary Mellon's tax reduction program.
From Time Magazine Archive
They are at swords' points with the Quezon-Osmena group.
From Time Magazine Archive
The America's Cup races seemed at an end, for English and American yachtsmen were almost literally at swords' points.
From Time Magazine Archive
This the captain took in dudgeon, and they were at swords' points at once.
From Two Years Before the Mast by Dana, Richard Henry
