sheathe
verb (used with object)
to put (a sword, dagger, etc.) into a sheath.
have sheathed
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present perfectof sheathe.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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From the top brass down, that following is made up of controlled, hardened, carefully honed experts who have sheathed a commonplace soldier's training in the new technology.
From Time Magazine Archive
I would rather hear you say, as your Irish ancestors would have said, that you have sheathed your sword with the dignity proper to a gentleman.
From Magic A Fantastic Comedy by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
A man must be a tight-rope walker to stick to the pole trail when ice and snow have sheathed its logs.
From The Blazed Trail by Stewart Edward White
April 9th.—There are several young officers who have sheathed the sword, and propose to draw the pen in the civil service.
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones
No, not duty: I might have sheathed my sword, and wronged no one; I was but a cipher among thousands, whose blade would scarcely have been missed.
From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Mayne Reid
