pocketknife

Example Sentences

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When he put his head down, one slashed his jugular vein with a pocketknife while another stole his laptop, clothes and passport, according to Pellegrino.

From Los Angeles Times

The other took Juan’s pocketknife and stabbed him in the leg, he said.

From Los Angeles Times

He also placed his hand puppets on wall-mounted boxes and ordered his collection of daggers and pocketknives just so.

From New York Times

One of the men, 22, of Maple Valley, punched her several times before taking out a pocketknife and repeatedly stabbing her, police said.

From Seattle Times

“We were given a free pocketknife during our trainings, and I had that pocketknife on me, so I was able to cut her out of her seatbelt,” he said in a phone interview on Saturday.

From New York Times