How to Use sword in a Sentence

sword

noun
  • The clothes, concept, and props like the sword were just so cool.
    — Sarah Han, Allure, 19 Dec. 2021
  • There are only two powers in the world: the sword and the mind.
    — Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2025
  • In the corner next to the bed … a sword cemented in a stone.
    — Edward M. Eveld, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
  • At one point, Grant managed to reach for the sword the girl had dropped.
    — Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Just as the nuns break down the door, a sword starts glowing blue.
    — Dalene Rovenstine, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2020
  • Brett asked the actress to help pull a sword out of his throat.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 16 June 2020
  • In the case of Björk and Rosalía, sparks—and samurai swords—fly.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2023
  • There is also a hint of the Arthurian legend of the sword in the stone.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 3 Apr. 2023
  • While all the rest of this scenario occurred, the part about the sword didn’t.
    — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 2 July 2024
  • And Hughes’s sword guy is the sword guy of all sword guys.
    — Kevin Chroust, Outside Online, 5 Feb. 2025
  • To be Arthur’s nephew and to be given that sword and to hold it in his hand.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 24 Aug. 2021
  • And memories of them putting the Reds to the sword are still very, very fresh.
    — Sam Tighe, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Even the origin story of the sword in the stone gets questioned.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Mar. 2022
  • And the pen can be mightier than the sword in the right context.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Fresh out of jail, Jack’s there, too, and toting a sword.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 22 Dec. 2021
  • This game casts you as a bug-person with a nail for a sword.
    — Jess Grey, Wired, 29 Nov. 2020
  • Gawain accepts, and when the Green Knight bows, the wannabe knight lops off his head with a sword.
    — Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press, 30 July 2021
  • My pants could stand up on their own and my socks were frozen like swords.
    — Mike Rayder, Hartford Courant, 5 June 2025
  • The swift movement of the sword takes the top off the bottle to rousing applause.
    — Jim Dobson, Forbes, 31 July 2022
  • Over its life as a new state, Israel has built itself as a blend of the pen and the sword.
    — Avner Cohen, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2023
  • In the span of one calendar year, Seth Rollins went from a shield to the sword that stabbed his opps in the back.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
  • The boy plunges the sword into a seal printed on their bodies, and moves on to the next one.
    — Luke Winkie, Vulture, 4 May 2021
  • Your sword of certainty can cut through the fog of doubt.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Mitchell, according to the lawsuit, told the students the swords were props.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Octavia throws down her sword and asks Indra to do the same.
    — Dalene Rovenstine, EW.com, 1 Oct. 2020
  • His naval cap and sword will be given pride of place on top of the coffin.
    — Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 17 Apr. 2021
  • In the Trump age, it has been wielded like a sword in left-right debates.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN, 6 Nov. 2020
  • So who were the fall-on-the-sword players for Survivor 50?
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 30 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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