axe
Example Sentences
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He was an anti-authority zealot, made recently rich, with an axe to grind.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
The future Peaches eventually strapped on an electric axe, then found she could do everything a band could do by herself, using electronics.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
"We have jobs, but we don't make anything," he added, as he took an axe to a tree stump in a neighbouring plot.
From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026
The TV clip the Journal mentions features individuals with little understanding of our organization and an axe to grind.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
‘Not alone!’ said Gimli, fingering the blade of his axe, and looking darkly up at the guard, as if he were a young tree that Gimli had a mind to fell.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
