knife-point
Britishnoun
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the tip of a knife blade
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under threat of being stabbed
Example Sentences
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Benedikt Roezl, one of the more colorful figures described in the exhibition, blazed a solitary trail and refused to carry a firearm, even after being robbed at gun- or knife-point 17 times.
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2016
It was part of Hitchcock's provocative primness that, after this meticulous outrage, he declared with wide eyes and wider vowels that you couldn't actually see a knife-point piercing flesh.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 22, 2010
Paula's eyes, keen as a knife-point, were upon the V. A. D.'s face.
From The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land by Connor, Ralph
The result was a disappointment; how great a disappointment he presently realised, as his knife-point encountered only plaster under the peeling edges of the paper.
From Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories by Green, Anna Katharine
"Hum!" said the Tinker, staring very hard at a piece of pork impaled upon his knife-point.
From Peregrine's Progress by Farnol, Jeffery
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