daggers

plural of dagger

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of daggers The painting, now owned by MoMA, shows a mélange of people—soldiers, civilians, field workers—and animals, as well as daggers. Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 27 Aug. 2026 The story delivers tender and tragic daggers to the heart through a series of unsettling encounters that expose the awkwardness of puberty. Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026 True to form, Bladee’s daggers land with a delivery as sweet and honeyed as mead in his ethereal voice. Vogue, 14 Aug. 2026 Weary of seeing people pick their teeth with daggers, Cardinal Richelieu has knives blunted in royal France. New York Times, 17 July 2026 In his first international meeting with England, Messi had a pair of assists on two late-match daggers that pierced through the hearts of Three Lions’ players and supporters. Gavin Godfrey, AJC.com, 16 July 2026 Like Cynthia notes, clearly the rift between Porsha and Shamea is bigger than the show, but from a viewer’s perspective, only one party continues to throw daggers. Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 15 June 2026 There will be mass hallucinations, legal exorcisms, shady book launderers, and scarlet daggers. Willa Rubin, NPR, 1 May 2026 Many of the thousands of demonstrators taking to the streets brandished weapons including guns and daggers, while others waved Lebanese, Palestinian, Iranian and Hezbollah flags. Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for daggers
Noun
  • Back then, students halted studies to pick up rifles, muskets, and bayonets.
    Ira Porter, Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2026
  • Guard members had tried to disperse the crowd with tear gas and had advanced toward the protesters with bayonets affixed to their rifles.
    USA Today, USA Today, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • SonicMax rates the Slice 10's transducer above 500, compared with roughly 150 to 250 on typical cordless ultrasonic cutters.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The Coast Guard sent several crews to the area, including the cutters Sockeye and Halibut, boats from stations in Los Angeles-Long Beach and Channel Islands, and an air crew.
    Stephen Sorace , Preston Mizell, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Fires burn, buildings tumble, swords fly about and people die.
    Zachary Pincus-Roth, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
  • There were various life-size swords on display, such as the Zenithian sword and the Sword of Light from Dragon Quest XI.
    Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Spinning blades get tangled in vegetation, stir up sediment, and simply scare away the fish researchers are trying to observe.
    Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2026
  • According to Britannica, one of the fan blades in the rear engine had cracked and disintegrated, leading to engine failure.
    Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026

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“Daggers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daggers. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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