rapier
Example Sentences
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Susan, who has multiple sclerosis, walks with a cane, but one wouldn’t be surprised to see her wielding it as a rapier.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
But Menken and Maas would have been hard-pressed to surpass the rapier wit of George and Martha.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024
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
The ball was parried by Vicente Guaita from a Mohamed Salah header but Mane was on to the rebound like the rapier he is in such circumstances.
From BBC • Sep. 19, 2021
The student's hand went to the hilt of his rapier.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
Vocabulary lists containing rapier
Othello
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"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 1
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