daggers
Example Sentences
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Some fought with only a trident; some fought mounted on horseback; some on chariot; others on foot with helmet and short sword; some with two daggers; still others exclusively fought wild beasts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Here, the evildoers receive sumptuous cloaks along with their metaphorical daggers.
From Salon • Jan. 28, 2026
Naroditsky had strong social ties, and was well respected publicly and privately, but the thin daggers of cyberbullying may have slipped past those defenses.
From Slate • Nov. 1, 2025
It is a story of neighbours at daggers drawn.
From BBC • Sep. 13, 2024
Then the air is thick with shouts like daggers.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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