stabbing
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The students are upset with M, her colleagues say, while stabbing her in the back.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
He was doing chin-ups during a workout when he experienced a new kind of stabbing pain in his hand.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026
Aleix Febas fired the hosts ahead before Dean Huijsen levelled for the league leaders, with Bellingham stabbing home from close range after Alvaro Rodriguez blasted Elche back in front.
From Barron's • Nov. 23, 2025
A rail worker credited with saving multiple lives during a mass stabbing on a train has been discharged from hospital.
From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025
What I had was more Buckwheat: unruly and impossible to comb, like stabbing a pitchfork into a bed of crabgrass.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
![]()
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.