dagger

Example Sentences

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And, of course, they’re playing Luka and A.R. basketball, the two best players on this team throwing down one dagger after another, even playing better with James on the court alongside them.

From Los Angeles Times

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