7 sentences with 'sword'
Example sentences and phrases with the word sword and other words derived from it.
• « This passion is a two-edged sword in neurosurgery. It creates the energy to be bold, but you must not let that energy run wild. All it takes is one small slip to start pulverizing healthy tissue, to damage rather than heal. »
• « A regular legionary typically fought in formation using a short sword after throwing javelins as he approached the enemy. »
• « With the subsequent invasions of South and Central America by the Spanish, the crusading spirit of spreading Catholicism and seizing territory at the point of the sword lived on. »
• « What did He mean by "Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword" (Matthew 10:34)? »
• « In the 17th century, the European nobility was divided between the "nobles of the sword", who inherited their titles from their warlike ancestors, and the "nobles of the mantle", who had been appointed by kings or had acquired titles. Both categories of nobles were far more likely to be landowners who exploited their peasants than warriors. »
• « All resistance was futile and the British decided to surrender, as did the invading chief when he offered his sword to Liniers under the arches of the Cabildo building in Buenos Aires. On hearing what had happened, Popham ordered the fleet to move away from the coast. »