bayonet

Example Sentences

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In fact, the French more or less conquered Southern California, not by the bayonet but by the corkscrew.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2025

By 1962, when a photo was taken of the statue, the bayonet affixed to the rifle was gone.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2022

The officers pulled him over on the 500 block of South Capitol Street SW and saw a bayonet and machete inside his truck.

From Washington Times • Sep. 13, 2021

Gloria Richardson pushed aside a bayonet as a ’60s civil rights activist.

From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2020

They haven’t seen the gold lace on the generals, those muskets—all so alike, and everyone has a bayonet.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes