Example Sentences

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“To say that Klein has stabbed her former mentor, boss, and friend of 23 years, Sam Gores, in the back is an understatement of epic proportions.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2020

Halloween, director David Gordon Green’s entry in the long-running horror franchise, has stabbed its way to the top of the weekend box office, pulling in an estimated weekend take of $77.5 million, according to Variety.

From Slate • Oct. 22, 2018

After the eight informed Shockley that they were leaving, his lieutenant told them that it felt as if “a good friend has stabbed him in the back.”

From The New Yorker • Oct. 15, 2018

No matter what Lieberman has done and no matter how many times he has stabbed their party in the back, he’ll always be afforded some degree of collegiality from some Senate Democrats.

From Slate • May 18, 2017

The soldiers of the watch found Esmeralda, and said, "This is the sorceress who has stabbed our captain."

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur