poniards
- present tense form of poniard (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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My son, my son, Thy words are poniards here.
From The Count of Narbonne A Tragedy, in Five Acts by Jephson, Robert
And as almost unconsciously she exulted in her own youth, and strength, delicate little poniards of tragic grief for Mrs. Maldon's helpless and withered senility seemed to stab through that personal pride.
From The Price of Love by Bennett, Arnold
The orchestra and the lords proceed allegro indeed, but not at all pomposo, and at the chorus, in the famous scene of the "benediction of the poniards," they no longer keep to the enjoined allegro.
From A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories by Verne, Jules
From the two sides of the wall are suspended different descriptions of arms, richly manufactured; on the right, they consist of swords and poniards; on the left, of various kinds of muskets and pistols.
From Notes in North Africa Being a Guide to the Sportsman and Tourist in Algeria and Tunisia by Windham, W. G.
In Chapter VI, "swords and poinards" was changed to "swords and poniards".
From The Tangled Skein by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
