knife
noun
an instrument for cutting, consisting essentially of a thin, sharp-edged, metal blade fitted with a handle.
knifes
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present tense formof knife (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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A blocks-long motorcade glides along freeways closed to traffic and knifes through city streets cleared specially for her path.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2024
Speaking to broadcasters during a visit to Kilburn police station in north west London, Mr Sunak said there was "no reason" why such knifes should be on the streets.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2023
Take Can a woman win the election: a sly, mean, ego-saving little canard that knifes both its subject and its verb in order to spare the real actor here.
From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2020
I picture her crumpling into the nearest chair the way one sometimes does when bad news knifes through that thin veil of hope mixed with denial.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2016
I hear the catch in his voice, and it knifes through me.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
