lance

Example Sentences

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The scene that best defines the story’s idealism happens long before Dunk gets clunked in the head or skewered by a lance.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026

Saint George is widely known as Christianity's most famous dragon slayer and is commonly depicted as a warrior holding a lance.

From Science Daily • Feb. 2, 2026

Ray’s mysterious and fraught history as a member of the British military during the Troubles is a festering boil this film will eventually lance.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025

Two opposing galaxies play the role of knights, with one galaxy pointing a lance made of pure radiation right at the other!

From Space Scoop • May 21, 2025

Now and then the net is too quick, the lance pierces, the gun flicks and that frog is gone, but it is all fair and in the framework.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck