scythe
Example Sentences
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Now, no matter how fast we run, the grim reaper’s scythe is still inches from our heels.
From Salon • Feb. 5, 2025
OK, Verstappen did not scythe through the group involving Yuki Tsunoda’s RB, Esteban Ocon’s Alpine and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc as quickly as he might have been expected to do.
From BBC • Nov. 5, 2024
This year, the garden staff wielded a scythe, too.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2023
Since taking over Twitter, Elon Musk has taken a scythe to the social network’s employee roll, in an increasingly severe campaign to slash costs.
From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2023
A dusty cutaway road that seemed, simply, to end, as if it had been sliced off by a scythe.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
