hilts

plural of hilt

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hilts
Noun
  • The miners insist the two shafts were not connected.
    Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 23 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Strings play a unison A that quavers under the pressure of sawing bows.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The little bows that tie everything together are just the cherry on top.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • These have a wide elastic waistband, a faux fly, front and back pockets, and belt loops.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Closing that gap requires deliberate loops that capture lessons from pilots, circulate them across the organization and feed them into leadership development.
    Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • According to Live Science, farmers appear to have used it to observe celestial events and use astronomy to plan and harvest their crops.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Elsewhere, freeze warnings and frost advisories spanned parts of the Midwest and Northeast, where temperatures in the mid-20s and low 30s could lead to frost and freeze conditions capable of killing crops and other sensitive vegetation as well as damaging outdoor plumbing.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Hilts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hilts. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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