a weapon with a long straight handle and sharp head or blade
from atop his horse the warrior hurled a javelin that pierced the chest of his hapless foe
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Recent Examples of javelinWith her final attempt in the women’s javelin finals Thursday, Barrios Bornacelli fired off a throw of 203 feet, 5 inches, winning the event — and the national championship.—Jacob Louraine, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2025 The decathlon will be contested Wednesday, June 11 (100, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400), and Thursday, June 12 (110 hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin, 1,500).—Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 10 June 2025 Flagpole through the chest (Final Destination 3) Perry Malinowski (Maggie Ma) is impaled by a flagpole that whizzes through the air, javelin style.—Gayle Sequeira, Vulture, 16 May 2025 The men’s 800m, women’s javelin, women’s 100m hurdles, men’s 5000m and women’s 1500m are the other events to cap off the Paris athletics competition.—Lukas Weese, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for javelin
Hoosiers can hunt frogs with bow and arrows, clubs, some firearms, or simply, their hands, but Plumier teaches those gathered at Goose Pond how to use gigs — long, multi-pronged spears that look a little bit like tridents.
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Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
9 Sep. 2025
Thirty other heavily encrusted artifacts were recovered from the seabed, including swords, javelins and spears that were used in the battle, according to the release.
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