scimitar

Example Sentences

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The mother's diet was most similar to that of the scimitar cat, a mammoth specialist.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2024

Pennsylvania Avenue was festooned with the scimitar and crescent symbol of the Shriners and strung with 35,000 electric lights.

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2023

Riot gear meets scimitar in the streets of Verona, where the civil war between the Montagues and the Capulets has technically ended but hostilities persist in a musical no man’s land.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2022

The haul included some extinct animals, such as the scimitar oryx, and endangered species like lions, cheetahs and the Bengal tiger.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2022

Julius jumped back, away from those scimitar claws, sweat standing out all over his body, every nerve electric with the urge to flee.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks