swordsman
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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
She’s joined by Edred, a Legolas-type elven swordsman who was Melinda’s lover in a previous life, and Seng, a floating bald kid who recalls Avatar Aang, drifting in and out of the astral plane.
From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
A prolific composer as well an accomplished swordsman, he wrote string quartets, symphonies and concertos while leading one of Europe's best orchestras - Le Concert des Amateurs.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2022
As his alias implies, he’s a master swordsman, and in the comics, he’s primarily known for his affiliation with Clint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2021
What became of beautiful Buttercup and poor Westley and Inigo, the greatest swordsman in the history of the world?
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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The best journalists, like Kim, are less like the swashbuckling swordsmen in another Goldman film, ‘The Princess Bride,’ and more like the diligent, collegial and caring cast of 2015’s Oscar winner ‘Spotlight.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2018
On any given day, the selfie sticks waving in the air along the upper deck give the impression of a band of swordsmen setting off on a raid.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 24, 2018
Sure, the show offers cartoonish heroics like Aliff’s burly Porthos easily outfighting four swordsmen.
From Washington Post ● May 16, 2016
The very notion that Montoya is not the world’s greatest swordsmen?
From Time ● Oct. 20, 2011
From the havens of Harad ships of war put out to sea; and out of the East Men were moving endlessly: swordsmen, spearmen, bowmen upon horses, chariots of chieftains and laden wains.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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