dagger
Example Sentences
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The novel’s satisfying denouement is assured when a disgraced former colleague of Ben’s, gloriously named Richard Take, accepts the proverbial dagger from Martin.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
One woman said: "It has been cloak and dagger throughout this whole process. We can't get a straight answer as to what has changed so drastically to allow the park to be built on?"
From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025
Lightning coach Kerwin Walters called this three in the final minute a "dagger."
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2025
It went in for a three with 40 seconds left and was the dagger that took down Cleveland 68-57 in a City Section Open Division semifinal game at Roybal on Monday night.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2025
Annabeth reached for her dagger, then remembered she didn’t have it.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing dagger
"Macbeth": Act 1 Scene 7
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"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 5
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How I Became a Ghost
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