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

An influential civil rights pioneer whose determination not to back down while protesting racial inequality was captured in a photograph as she pushed away the bayonet of a National Guardsman.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2021

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

Officers reported they saw a bayonet and machete inside the truck.

From Washington Post • Sep. 13, 2021

I got up and took Father’s bayonet down from the wall over the mantlepiece.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier