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

Consequentially, a gap in a bone might be a wound from a musket ball or a bayonet - or it might not be.

From Washington Times • Apr. 14, 2023

The bayonet had to go, perhaps, because there had been complaints that the statue “should carry a wreath instead of a rifle,” said a Seattle Times story in Oct.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2022

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

From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2020

The bayonet and the Mameluke sword lay on the floor by the couch.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy