How to Use ax in a Sentence

ax

noun

• And that's going to be straight up through the roof with an ax.
  — Angela Fritz, CNN, 29 July 2022
• Ryan Murphy has an ax to grind.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
• That might be a handgun, a can of bear spray, or even an ice axe.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 3 Apr. 2023
• The images showed the gang breaking the vault's glass with an axe.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 16 May 2023
• Somebody grabbed the ax, and the three men ran at him, yelling and waving their arms.
  — Doris Decleene, Outdoor Life, 25 Feb. 2026
• Marz hears the calls, grabs his axe, and emerges from his isolated house to even the score.
  — Nathan Smith, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2022
• Which series will remain and which will face the axe are the questions at hand.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2022
• The ax came from the couple's garage and had been wiped clean of fingerprints.
  — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 1 Sep. 2022
• The suspect told police at one point the three swung the axe at him, police said.
  — Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2022
• Police said at least one of the assailants wielded an ax in the attack.
  — Arkansas Online, 7 May 2022
• That's when Doorbal and Lugo reached for an ax.
  — Troy Roberts, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
• The suspect pulled out an ax and threatened to cut the employee.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2022
• Indoor axe throwing is one of the fastest growing sports in the country.
  — Emmett Hall, Sun Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2022
• The homeowner ran downstairs, opened a closet and took out an ax.
  — Robyn A. Friedman, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022
• Less than three months later, Mitchell was also given the axe.
  — Sasha Frere-Jones, Harper’s Magazine , 9 Nov. 2022
• Instead, the guy talks to dead barkeeps and wields an ax more than his typewriter.
  — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 1 July 2026
• The man in the video appears to then remove his backpack and pull out what appears to be a small axe.
  — Francesca Gariano, NBC News, 18 Sep. 2022
• At others, the door opens to a friendly face, or a hostile one, or someone with an axe to grind.
  — Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 8 Nov. 2022
• Now, however, the ax is falling.
  — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 16 Feb. 2026
• The outfitter would furnish a tent, two boats, camp stoves, gas lanterns, ax, and dishes.
  — Doris Decleene, Outdoor Life, 25 Feb. 2026
• Two assailants, at least one armed with an ax, killed at least three people in an Israeli town.
  — New York Times, 6 May 2022
• The tomahawk differs from the axe or hatchet in a number of ways.
  — Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 14 June 2023
• The owner chased after it with the ax and started hacking the snake into pieces.
  — Robyn A. Friedman, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022
• The hitman used an axe and machine gun to massacre the family.
  — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2023
• Some of the countryside was the same — without a Jaguar but with a big ax instead.
  — Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
• There’s a man standing with an ax, who has just chopped up a custom vintage antique cupboard.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2025
• Soon attention will turn to who Auburn should hire to replace Harsin when the ax falls.
  — John Talty | [email protected], al, 18 Sep. 2022
• The Pistols weren’t the only group with an axe to grind against the British monarchy.
  — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 9 Sep. 2022
• And now, at long last, the TweetDeck app for Mac is getting the axe as well.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 30 June 2022
• An ax – the telltale weapon – was almost always found in the bloody aftermath.
  — Lauren Nicole Henley, The Conversation, 17 Feb. 2026