Examples of kendo in a Sentence
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The feud peaked with a fantastic, heated segment on Raw where Ripley bludgeoned Ripley’s BFF Iyo Sky with a kendo stick.
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Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Highlights include teachings of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism and performances of taiko, judo, koto, and kendo along with homestyle Japanese foods and marketplace with handmade crafts, plants and produce.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Weapons became part of the match as superstars brought in trash cans with lids, kendo sticks, and chains to wield against their opponents.
—Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2025
Lynch then found a toolbox and a chair after already slapping her opponent with a kendo stick.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2025
In his own childhood, Hamill, the middle of seven kids with a Navy-captain father, moved often—learning about samurais and kendo in Japan helped prepare him for lightsabre-wielding—and he was encouraged to be practical, too.
—Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
Among them, chiefly, was his geographer father, who was also a kendo fighter and a proud Japanese.
—Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 28 May 2025
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Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Highlights include teachings of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism and performances of taiko, judo, koto, and kendo along with homestyle Japanese foods and marketplace with handmade crafts, plants and produce.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Weapons became part of the match as superstars brought in trash cans with lids, kendo sticks, and chains to wield against their opponents.
—Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2025
Lynch then found a toolbox and a chair after already slapping her opponent with a kendo stick.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2025
In his own childhood, Hamill, the middle of seven kids with a Navy-captain father, moved often—learning about samurais and kendo in Japan helped prepare him for lightsabre-wielding—and he was encouraged to be practical, too.
—Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
Among them, chiefly, was his geographer father, who was also a kendo fighter and a proud Japanese.
—Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 28 May 2025
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“Kendo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kendo. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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