knives
plural of knife.
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How to use knives in a sentence
Bill, full name William Poole, was a real life butcher, skilled with knives and raised in the art of street fighting.
Men with knives had abducted members of a group sent there to spread awareness about the disease.
An angry mob brandishing machetes, stones, and knives lashed out.
At one point, my friends and I crept to my car with four giant kitchen knives in hand.
Some had knives pressed against their throats for what seemed like an hour.
Abducted, Tortured, Indoctrinated: The Tale of a Teen Who Escaped ISIS | Yusuf Sayman | August 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Most of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.
The Giant of the North | R.M. BallantyneAll our people were well mounted, and armed with rifles, pistols, and bowie-knives.
Then with the aid of rattan nooses they drew it up on the shore, and with their sharp knives proceeded to strip away the skin.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin | Mary Hazelton WadeIn every smithy and factory bowie-knives were being forged with all speed, and 10,000 men were already armed with them.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanIt was not safe to be out at night,” he said; “we had gold watches on us and money in our purses, and knives were sharp.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph Tatlow
British Dictionary definitions for knives
/ (naɪvz) /
the plural of knife
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