Example Sentences

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Now we go forward to bear our testimony against all offensive war and to proclaim that the Hebrew prophets were not misguided fanatics when they foretold the swordless and spearless day of God.

From Time Magazine Archive

He quoted the swashbuckling versifier François Villon: To Messire Noel, named the neat By those who love him, I bequeath A helmless ship, a houseless street, A wordless book, a swordless sheath.

From Time Magazine Archive

"We have won great glory this day, Brighteyes, and Ospakar is dead—slain by a swordless man!"

From Eric Brighteyes by Haggard, Henry Rider

But very hard for him, if ever after he goes about in the lists, swordless and disarmed, at the mercy of any caitiff shark he may meet.

From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I by Melville, Herman

It was “me!” “me!” “me!” all over the barn chamber, and the members of that swordless club were almost at swords’ points.

From The Knights of the White Shield Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play by Rand, Edward A.