dagger

Example Sentences

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Oliver apparently could not feel the daggers I was staring at him.

From Literature

Elliot visibly twitched at the word future, glancing around nervously before turning to stare daggers at me again.

From Literature

I saw my old grandpa flinch—just about like I always did when a wasp dabbed his fiery little dagger in me.

From Literature

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

But her next sentence is like a dagger through my heart.

From Literature