as in blade
a hand weapon with a length of metal sharpened on one or both sides and usually tapered to a sharp point
once upon a time dueling with swords was the gentlemanly way to settle a point of honor
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Recent Examples of sword
His 134 men were armed with musket, cartridge pouch, and sword in case of a hostile encounter, and the Africaansche Galey lay close by with a couple of small cannon brought forward on the bow.
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Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Enter, Katara Towers, a staggering 725-foot-high behemoth of two halves fashioned to look like the curved scimitar swords on the nation’s seal.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026
This deluxe doll features Rumi in her all-black tactical gear and her Four Tiger sword.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Here is a little boy who is gonna sit behind you in the car seat on the way to nursery and hold a sword to your throat.
—Deputy Entertainment, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
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Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Enter, Katara Towers, a staggering 725-foot-high behemoth of two halves fashioned to look like the curved scimitar swords on the nation’s seal.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026
This deluxe doll features Rumi in her all-black tactical gear and her Four Tiger sword.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Here is a little boy who is gonna sit behind you in the car seat on the way to nursery and hold a sword to your throat.
—Deputy Entertainment, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for sword
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sword
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Nikola Tesla’s bladeless turbine design relies on viscous drag rather than traditional blades to generate rotational motion.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Jan. 2026
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According to cops, the pair each time surrounded their target, usually displayed a blade and then demanded the victim’s property, including winter coats, sneakers and other valuables.—
Lincoln Anderson,
New York Daily News,
11 Jan. 2026
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Mahan agreed that modular construction could help increase housing production, noting that steel-frame building blocks produced on an assembly line could reduce costs by around 20%.—
Devan Patel,
Mercury News,
26 Jan. 2026
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As for protection, Jacquet’s plans propose that the hull be made of a cast-steel or manganese-alloy mixture.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Sword.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sword. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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