rapiers
- plural of rapier.
Example Sentences
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He was terrific at the World Cup, his dynamism and cleverness at the breakdown helping to protect and unleash the rapiers in his backline.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2016
Their prose had the flash of rapiers; his was a cut-throat razor.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 31, 2014
The object is to make those fights look dangerous, without endangering the swashbuckling performers who brandish the swords and rapiers.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 29, 2013
Our rapiers were hockey sticks with modified handles and a retracting spring mechanism built into the hollow fiberglass shaft to allow us to stab without injuring one another.
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2012
The grounds came to life with teeming swarms of Guerrilla Shrews armed to the teeth with rapiers, cudgels and slings.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
