How to Use axe in a Sentence

axe

1 of 2 noun

• But the first to get the axe was Mendoza.
  — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2026
• Some of the people in power have an axe to grind.
  — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 21 Nov. 2025
• But Timothy has an axe to grind.
  — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Dec. 2025
• It was quickly captured and met the business end of a sharp axe.
  — Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2026
• The coach who continues to escape the axe did so again.
  — Noah White, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
• Kimmel becomes the second late night show host to get the axe this year.
  — Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
• This isn’t the first time the Knightscope robot has gotten the axe.
  — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 17 June 2026
• Still, there’s some uncertainty as to where the axe will fall.
  — Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2025
• Perhaps the new show has an improbable axe throw of its own.
  — Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
• Grateful to pick up the axe, and honored by the fans who made this story legendary.
  — Charlie Carballo, USA Today, 18 July 2026
• The man told officers he was attacked by two men, one of whom was wielding an axe.
  — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
• Guests can also enjoy an axe-throwing area, a fire pit and a horseshoe pit.
  — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2026
• Based on the surveillance video, that object appears to be an axe.
  — Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
• Congress can swing the axe but taxpayers pick up the splinters.
  — Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
• But local arts and culture coverage will face the axe.
  — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
• Clues surfaced over the decades—Irvine’s ice axe had been found in 1933.
  — Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Apr. 2026
• Firefighters pried part of the home open with an axe to douse the inside with water, the video shows.
  — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 4 Jan. 2026
• Instead, Shimizu must do her best with wooden boards, pipes, a knife, and later an axe.
  — Richard Newby, Time, 6 Dec. 2025
• Officers were able to convince the man to drop the axe, and police entered the room.
  — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
• Guests will also have access to axe throwing and a courtyard area to rest between haunts.
  — Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
• Roboto also has one arm that features interchangeable hands, such as a claw, laser gun, or axe.
  — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2025
• That is, of course, in addition to virtual golf games, axe throwing, darts and more.
  — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 25 Nov. 2025
• The calls for retribution are not constrained to the fringes, and now whole shows are getting the axe.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 18 Sep. 2025
• First pocket knife, then kitchen knife, and hatchet, axe, hoe, shovel—and then, one fine day, chainsaw.
  — Michael Roberts, Outside, 9 Oct. 2025
• Bullseye, true to its name, is an axe-throwing speakeasy (limited to ages 13 and up).
  — Kinsey Gidick, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2026
• One of the vandals was seen wielding a hammer, and another wielded an axe.
  — Sabrina Franza, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
• Gwen takes an axe to the Grabber, then gives him over to the spirits of the boys, who drag him into the water.
  — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Jan. 2026
• Excursions to go horseback riding, try axe throwing and archery, or go fishing are all easy to plan as well.
  — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2025
• Who’s next as Black Monday typically sees the axe fall?
  — Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
• Think horseshoes, bocce ball, futsal, axe throwing … and yes, curling.
  — John Aguilar, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2026

axe

2 of 2 verb

• So, who was axed in the second episode?
  — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Mar. 2026
• Here's more on the budget and what could get axed.
  — Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
• But the squirrel scene was nearly axed from the film.
  — Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Nov. 2025
• Tens of thousands of public health jobs axed.
  — Jennifer W. Tsai, STAT, 18 Jan. 2026
• Films have been censored, and theater plays axed.
  — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 16 Feb. 2026
• The latest effort to axe the agency.
  — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 18 Nov. 2025
• But Rivers’ show had a rocky run and was axed by May 1987.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 1 Jan. 2026
• The move does not necessarily mean the project will be axed.
  — Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 3 Sep. 2025
• In order not to axe team members, the business slashed the hours staff were scheduled for.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2025
• Don’t be surprised if this same great hire gets axed for showing any initiative at all in the job.
  — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2026
• Still, services axed this year may leave behind a vacuum.
  — Elizabeth B. Kim, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Oct. 2025
• Mike McDaniel got axed after his fourth year with no playoff win.
  — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2026
• The Anaconda star has no hard feelings over the sketch getting axed.
  — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Jan. 2026
• The quesos were not the only popular items that Chili's axed from its menu.
  — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
• Twelve schools have already axed their coaches before Halloween, the most in the last decade.
  — Noah White, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
• Coppola lamented the massive scope of the movie over and over before axing part of the crew.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
• But this project was bedeviled with budget trouble, and axed before anyone got to see it.
  — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
• Block is not the only company that wants to axe middle management.
  — Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
• Meyers' show recently axed its live, in-studio band as a cost-cutting measure.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
• In March, reports surfaced that Sonos axed its streaming video player.
  — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2025
• An e-commerce deal with Amazon, which helped the company buy Neiman’s, was axed.
  — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 1 June 2026
• Some experts have argued that axing that dose could set off a dangerous domino effect.
  — Jamie Ducharme, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
• The bill also axed credits for electric vehicles.
  — Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 28 Dec. 2025
• Obama later axed the program, but it was revived by Trump during his first term in office.
  — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 17 July 2026
• Now, federal incentives have been axed and the new automaker has had to pivot.
  — Sara Lacey, The Drive, 25 June 2026
• Incentives for residential solar panels were axed at the end of last year.
  — Chloe Bennett-Steele, StateImpact, 13 Mar. 2026
• Although Graham didn’t specify, her part in the film was likely axed due to these creative changes.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
• That caps off a tough year for the brand, which ended a salad subscription program and axed selling fries after just five months.
  — Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
• Staffers spent the weekend trading calls and texts, trying to piece together who had been axed, who had been spared, and, most puzzling, why.
  — Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025
• There was hope that a sequel would come about, but both Johnson and Blunt have all but confirmed the sequel has been axed.
  — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025