hilt

Example Sentences

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He tried to draw his knife from its sheath, but he’d tightened the strap around the hilt before starting the crossing, and he couldn’t get it loose.

From Literature

A harpoon gun from "Jaws," a jacket worn by "The Terminator," and a "Star Wars" lightsaber hilt and C-3PO head are among the eye-catching items to be sold at auction next month.

From Barron's

I watch the rope of water morph into the shape of a sword and freeze into ice by the time Tano’s fingers close around the hilt.

From Literature

Clarke now warns that too many people are having to "mortgage themselves up to the hilt" for homes on new estates that are not always well built and with poor access to local services.

From BBC

The production, directed by Sam Pinkleton, plays this delirious situation to the comic hilt.

From Los Angeles Times