knife

Example Sentences

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Donald Findlay KC, defending Stewart, put it to the witness that she got the information that his client had a knife from social media and she replied: "Yes."

From BBC • May 21, 2026

The smugness, arrogance and hubris in this city is so thick you could cut it with a knife.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

But Standard Oil finally went under the knife in 1911, split into 34 separate companies that sometimes seem like they are bent on reunifying.

From Barron's • May 2, 2026

“Both officers expressed their fear of the imminent threat that they believe this victim posed to them, based on the knife and his prior actions.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026

She took out her knife and cut off a leaf from the bush above them.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook