Illustration of sword
- 1 pommel
- 2 hilt
- 3 guard
- 4 blade
often attributive
1
: a weapon (such as a cutlass or rapier) with a long blade for cutting or thrusting that is often used as a symbol of honor or authority
2
a
: an agency or instrument of destruction or combat
b
: the use of force
the pen is mightier than the sword—
E. G. Bulwer-Lytton
E. G. Bulwer-Lytton3
: coercive power
4
: something that resembles a sword
Examples of sword in a Sentence
once upon a time dueling with swords was the gentlemanly way to settle a point of honor
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The sword has never been recovered.
—NPR, 20 Oct. 2025
That is gladiators without swords.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
Theft of the Sword of Charles X Similar to Sunday's robbery, a trio of masked men stole a jeweled 19th-century sword belonging to French King Charles X by using a scaffold to enter the museum through its second floor.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2025
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FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
The sword has never been recovered.
—NPR, 20 Oct. 2025
That is gladiators without swords.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
Theft of the Sword of Charles X Similar to Sunday's robbery, a trio of masked men stole a jeweled 19th-century sword belonging to French King Charles X by using a scaffold to enter the museum through its second floor.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sword
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“Sword.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sword. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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