dagger
Example Sentences
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“You won’t be in the shadows forever,” Blake tells his intrepid team members—who, like the real-life Mr. Stanton, still maintain the cloak, if not the dagger.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
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
During the playoffs he has averaged 13.9 yards on nine scrambles, a potentially devastating dagger in his arsenal.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 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
Inside, it looked the same as it had months ago when the ibbur had given Anya the dagger.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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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