pocketknife

Example Sentences

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“We were given a free pocketknife during our trainings, and I had that pocketknife on me, so I was able to cut her out of her seatbelt,” he said in a phone interview on Saturday.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2024

When he saw that Phillips was putting away a pocketknife, he said, he felt betrayed.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2023

Ward searched through his pockets, pulling out two lighters, and told McWhorter he might have a pocketknife.

From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2023

Diatomite is really strange stuff—you can cut it with a pocketknife or a spade or a chainsaw.

From Scientific American • Sep. 13, 2022

He led her to a secret place far from the house, whetted his pocketknife on a stone, and cut the offending halter of speech.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck