swordsman

Example Sentences

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Since then, he has worked with such masters as Hirokazu Kore-eda, Wong Kar-wai, Martin Scorsese and Kenneth Branagh, but might be best known to samurai fans for 2003’s “Zatoichi,” playing the legendary blind swordsman.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2024

Not to worry, though: Sargon is just as slick a swordsman, with the ability to swing two blades at once, pull off superhuman acrobatics and even stop and rewind time.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2024

Cyrano de Bergerac is, we are told, a “soldier, poet, philosopher, magician, playwright … and the best swordsman in Paris.”

From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2022

Cyrano is a talented poet and an excellent swordsman who is secretly in love with a woman named Roxane, who is a lover of poetry herself.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2021

I turned, box in hand, as the young swordsman stepped inside.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros