- plural of knife.
knives
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Abdullah Albadri was carrying two knives when police officers caught him as he tried to climb over a fence into the Kensington embassy on 28 April 2025.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Nobody likes to catch falling knives, as the old Wall Street saying goes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
They refer to the "much-married" earl as getting out his "crested carving knives".
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
It was also uniquely hazardous because waste in dumpsters can include items such as knives, glass, needles, batteries and vermin, Menchaca said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
I sat down blinking at knives, forks, tablecloth—had I once eaten like this, every day in the year?
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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