knives

Example Sentences

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By 10 a.m., servers at the Geneva location were carrying in armfuls of coffee cups, bowls, serrated knives and silverware.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Hooligan is equally audacious, with a rhythm track built from the sound of sharpening knives and snatches of cinematic strings that somehow leads into a dizzying falsetto chorus.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Noem shot knives from her eyes as the representative read out the headlines: “Lewandowski Taking Out Trash at Noem’s D.C. Home.”

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026

She wants knives removed from shelves and placed in locked cabinets behind shop counters to eliminate the risk of theft.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

“You need not trouble about the knives; we shall not do it.”

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker