axe
Example Sentences
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She threw the axe, overhand, as hard and straight as she could: not hard, not straight, but with an awesome fury.
From Literature
“Nicknames such as ‘Lizzie’ are reserved for barmaids and axe murderers, of which you are neither,” she once said.
From Literature
The 450,000 objects, which are being held in a secret warehouse, include a possible Roman gladiator's tag, a hand axe that may be more than 40,000 years old and 19th Century gold dentures.
From BBC
In the meantime, the domestic club game is in crisis with the Welsh Rugby Union keen on axing one of the four professional teams competing in the United Rugby Championship to save money.
From Barron's
But after delays caused by the pandemic, the trust scaled down and axed some events after income was forecast to be £1.6m lower than previously thought.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
