daggers

Example Sentences

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Some fought with only a trident; some fought mounted on horseback; some on chariot; others on foot with helmet and short sword; some with two daggers; still others exclusively fought wild beasts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Wealth has a way of sorting relationships when one friend's opulence brings out lustful envy in the others, the deadly sins most likely to drive daggers into the gut of any platonic bond.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2025

“H&M and Zara are still seen as fast fashion, but they have been able to escape some of the daggers that have hit Forever 21,” Craig said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2025

It is a story of neighbours at daggers drawn.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2024

On the flagstone paving beneath both lanterns there were old plantation pots in which Spanish daggers grew and extended their sharply pointed stilettos.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole