How to Use sword in a Sentence

sword

noun

• In the corner next to the bed … a sword cemented in a stone.
  — Edward M. Eveld, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
• In the case of Björk and Rosalía, sparks—and samurai swords—fly.
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2023
• There is also a hint of the Arthurian legend of the sword in the stone.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 3 Apr. 2023
• Over its life as a new state, Israel has built itself as a blend of the pen and the sword.
  — Avner Cohen, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2023
• Your sword of certainty can cut through the fog of doubt.
  — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2024
• Mitchell, according to the lawsuit, told the students the swords were props.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 29 Feb. 2024
• Tsai later upped the ante by bringing out a fourth sword.
  — USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
• This will be on the test: Cary Elwes and Mandy Patinkin performed all of their own sword fights.
  — Juliana Ukiomogbe, ELLE, 1 Jan. 2023
• The smaller sword is a single fragment from near the end of the blade and has grooves running along it.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
• To wake up Rakel, Nicklas stabs his mother with a sword.
  — Lane Brown, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2023
• Also a wide collection of axes, swords, and guns—the weapons used to fell the wild beasts, maybe?
  — Hemal Jhaveri, WIRED, 28 Nov. 2023
• Plus, who can resist a Minecraft sword or a hot dog costume?
  — WIRED, 3 Oct. 2023
• The museum is filled to the brim with bracelets, swords, and other valuables that have been retrieved from the bogs.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2024
• The sword separates the numbers 2 and 6, which were tattooed below and above it.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 5 Jan. 2024
• Instead, Judith dines with him, gets him drunk, and then cuts off his head with his own sword.
  — Brittanie Shey, Chron, 30 Jan. 2023
• The design of the sword was suggested by George IV and was made for his coronation in 1821.
  — Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2023
• The band’s gleaming silver sword found its way into Watkins’ hands.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2024
• He was intrigued by his friendship with a young girl who liked to play with the Emperor’s sword and hat.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
• The hull will be crafted from green epoxy composites and finished in high gloss paint that shines bright like a sword.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2023
• One vivid pair was found in a theater corridor, clashing with a short sword and a spear.
  — Amy Crawford, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
• In another picture, Gus wears a helmet and holds up a sword.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023
• Around the sword hilt of each officer was a small bow of black crepe, the navy’s badge of mourning for President Harding.
  — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
• Enlightenment is perceived by some as the sword that cuts two ways.
  — Dean Minnich, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2024
• The five-time Olympian also used a sword to cut a cake, designed to look like a Panda Express takeout box.
  — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2023
• Others appear to have bolder ideas, like the man who was spotted in the Loch Ness gift shop, a wooden sword slung over his back.
  — Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2023
• When the youth draws his sword, moving to cut the princess apart, the hermit relents, happy to see that the young man ‘held his honour dearer than his wife’.
  — Ailsa Ross, Longreads, 4 Apr. 2023
• Foil is a lighter weapon named from a court or ceremonial sword.
  — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2023
• In the formal ceremony, the musician knelt before the monarch as the king touched his shoulders with a sword.
  — Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2023
• Among other items, the trove contained grapeshot, canister shots, ten-inch artillery shells and a sword.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
• At the middle of the sword, visible with the naked eye, is the Orion nebula, the closest star-forming region to Earth.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 5 May 2024