Example Sentences

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The best journalists, like Kim, are less like the swashbuckling swordsmen in another Goldman film, ‘The Princess Bride,’ and more like the diligent, collegial and caring cast of 2015’s Oscar winner ‘Spotlight.’

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2018

On any given day, the selfie sticks waving in the air along the upper deck give the impression of a band of swordsmen setting off on a raid.

From The Guardian • Feb. 24, 2018

Sure, the show offers cartoonish heroics like Aliff’s burly Porthos easily outfighting four swordsmen.

From Washington Post • May 16, 2016

I bet the shortage is due to the swordsmen all being in Syria!

From Time • Mar. 25, 2013

The boys and I tease Tristas for constantly mooning over his fiancée, but he’s one of the finest swordsmen at Blackcliff, clever and cat-swift.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir