rapier

Example Sentences

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No one bothered to do the math, however, because Bentsen destroyed Quayle’s point with a rapier thrust.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2023

Schroeder took on the powerful elite with her rapier wit and antics for 24 years, shaking up stodgy government institutions by forcing them to acknowledge that women had a role in government.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2023

But only after their rapier hosts punctured them twice in the opening 16 minutes with two goals of ruthless simplicity by Giovanni Simeone.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2022

The line between realism and fable is sometimes rapier thin, especially in the family tales that inspired Diana Abu-Jaber’s eighth book, “Fencing with the King.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2022

Falconer dropped his horse's rein and pulled his cloak aside to reveal the hilt of his rapier.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood