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

He was invited by HBO to snoop around sets in New York and earmark items — say, the bayonet sword hanging on the wall of Logan Roy’s office — that should be set aside.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 13, 2024

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

He was drafted in 1942 and suffered his only Army wound while in basic training, when he accidentally cut his leg with a bayonet.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2021

Every musket had a bayonet, and there was not one old fowling piece among them.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes