Illustration of sword
- 1 pommel
- 2 hilt
- 3 guard
- 4 blade
often attributive
1
: a weapon (such as a cutlass or rapier) with a long blade for cutting or thrusting that is often used as a symbol of honor or authority
2
a
: an agency or instrument of destruction or combat
b
: the use of force
the pen is mightier than the sword—
E. G. Bulwer-Lytton
E. G. Bulwer-Lytton3
: coercive power
4
: something that resembles a sword
Examples of sword in a Sentence
once upon a time dueling with swords was the gentlemanly way to settle a point of honor
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My comment back then to Tom was, But the Chinese don’t have samurai swords?
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 11 June 2025
As for weapons, knives and swords of varying types were the ones most frequently used, accounting for 68 percent of all the murders.
—ArsTechnica, 6 June 2025
My pants could stand up on their own and my socks were frozen like swords.
—Mike Rayder, Hartford Courant, 5 June 2025
The swords, spear and hammer all have their advantages in combat and players will have to switch among them to efficiently defeat enemies.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 30 May 2025
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Devon Ivie, Vulture, 11 June 2025
As for weapons, knives and swords of varying types were the ones most frequently used, accounting for 68 percent of all the murders.
—ArsTechnica, 6 June 2025
My pants could stand up on their own and my socks were frozen like swords.
—Mike Rayder, Hartford Courant, 5 June 2025
The swords, spear and hammer all have their advantages in combat and players will have to switch among them to efficiently defeat enemies.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 30 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for sword
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“Sword.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sword. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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