Thesaurus results for SWORDS

swords

noun

plural of sword

as in blades

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 swords Decadent art, with its mannerism, also its enthusiasm for skulls, swords, strippers, and other Hot Topic motifs, is for some art historians an embarrassing cul-de-sac best passed over in favor of a narrative of formal progress leading inevitably to abstraction. —

Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 2 May 2026 During the service, it is presented along with a number of spiritual ornaments, including the sovereign's orb and several swords, per the Royal Collection Trust. —

Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 26 Apr. 2026 The yarns of Joe Turner interweave gradually, everyday chit-chat, bargaining, and flirtation interlocking over time with threads of mysticism — both the ghosts of a brutal history and the ancestral spirits that stand protective and defiant like a phalanx of angels with shining swords. —

Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2026 Will this new serving of swords and the supernatural have the power? —

Mark Meszoros, Twin Cities, 25 Apr. 2026 Be sure to stop by the concession stand and stock up on liquids before sitting down to watch Rupert Wyatt’s anachronistic swords-and-sandals epic set, as the opening graphics inform us, 1,500 years ago in Arabia. —

Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026 The father-daughter duo posed with swords during a rare joint appearance. —

Lara Walsh, InStyle, 6 Apr. 2026 In the biblical sequence Hanke invoked, the plowshares-into-swords moment is the penultimate act—the mobilization before the reckoning. —

Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026 The mother of three has brought her youngest to Les Invalides, the 17th century military hospital complex founded by Louis XIV, and today a museum which holds many collections of musketeer swords and armor. —

Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 30 Mar. 2026

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More than just its scale, though, the project impresses with its use of recycled materials, including everything from wind turbine blades to old windows.

— Adam Williams May 09, New Atlas, 9 May 2026
Panipat, India — Inside the dusty, dimly lit cotton recycling unit, Rajesh stands beside a shredding machine, feeding white fabric into sharp blades.

— Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 9 May 2026