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
Gloria Richardson pushed aside a bayonet as a ’60s civil rights activist.
From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2020
He seemed so powerful, holding his musket and bayonet in two large hands across his chest.
From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi
Vocabulary lists containing bayonet
The American Civil War
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Prisoner B-3087
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"Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell
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