How to Use unsheathe in a Sentence

unsheathe

verb

• But it’s now being unsheathed by the Biden White House.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
• And when the next crisis comes, the magicians will unsheathe their wands again.
  — Sebastian Mallaby, Foreign Affairs, 30 June 2021
• Don't do this two nights before a wedding and expect to unsheathe your toes for the entire dance floor to see.
  — Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 27 Mar. 2021
• Castillo unsheathed it, pointing the fixed blade at the employee, the report states.
  — Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Jan. 2018
• Settling in beside him, the director will unsheathe the cap on her fingerless gloves.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 June 2023
• Caudill allegedly went back inside and came out with a Katana — a Japanese samurai sword — unsheathed it and threatened to cut off his father’s head.
  — Dmitriy Shapiro, Detroit Free Press, 17 Dec. 2019
• A young man, wearing the white shirt and black trousers of the Orthodox, runs past the camera, desperately glancing behind him as the two boys, long knives now unsheathed, chase after him.
  — Geraldine Brooks, The New Yorker, 27 May 2017
• Then the ranch hands accompanying my mother and me on our journey unsheathe their wide bolo knives.
  — Alfred Miller, The Courier-Journal, 2 Dec. 2019
• Gould found some melting pianissimos, and Goerke unsheathed a saber of sound that shone the way toward her interpretation of the whole role.
  — Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2019
• Inflation rates were falling steadily at the time of those optimistic forecasts, and Fed officials seemed prepared to unsheathe their swords and cut rates.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
• As the train pulled up to the game's familiar train station, the iconic hero landed from a somersault jump by dramatically unsheathing his massive Buster Sword.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 11 June 2019
• While common decency and office dress codes require more than a few thin straps of material above the knees (even on 90-degree days) these nearly nude numbers leave your feet coolly unsheathed.
  — Rebecca Malinsky, WSJ, 21 June 2018
• That argument stands as a cringey brand embarrassment for Fox News — and any litigation that forces the network to again unsheathe this defense performs a public service.
  — Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2023
• If worse comes to pass, will Super Mustache unsheathe his sword?
  — Max Saltman, CNN Money, 19 Nov. 2025
• Marvel's Wolverine is ready to unsheathe its claws.
  — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2025
• Then, suddenly, a soldier unsheathes his sword and starts slashing at those kneeling below him.
  — Greg Grandin september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025