knife
Example Sentences
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He served a sentence of two years and eight months for stabbing a teenager and now campaigns to raise awareness about knife crime.
From BBC
That might have been twisting the knife too hard, and was easily misinterpreted.
From Salon
“They are like a Swiss Army knife for the regime—for coercion, defense and punishment all at once.”
Razelle Swimmer carried around a puppet of the Swedish Chef from the Muppets, brandishing knives and wearing an apron that said “Eat the Rich.”
From Los Angeles Times
Even in 1842, Charles Dickens noticed the near-ubiquity of guns in America, describing the “grisly assortment of guns and knives” Americans carried and pointing out how quickly fatal disputes developed.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
