Words similar to dagger

Example sentences for: dagger

How can you use “dagger” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Dhoni or doni `fishing or coastal trading vessel,' for example, may have entered English from Hindi, Marathi, Kanarese (or Canarese), or Telugu; dinghy `small boat' from Hindi or Bengali; kathiawari `breed of horses' from Hindi or Gujurati; khuskhus `aromatic grass, vetiver' from Hindi or Persian; kirpan `Sikh dagger' from Hindi or Punjabi; and nagkasser or nagkesar `tree'.
At last, he entered the room, the saint himself,Moulay Madani, in a white head scarf and caftanThe fading blue of a map's Moroccan coastline,Its hem embroidered with geometric ports of call.A rugged sixty, with a longshoreman's jaw,A courtier's guile, and a statesman's earnest pauses,He first explained the crescent dagger he fingeredHad been made two centuries ago by a clever Jew.Then he squinted for my reaction.
Besides geometric and floral patterns, you will also find handsome fan and dagger motifs.
In one room of this wing a píthoi was found with a ceremonial dagger inside, alongside this lay a sword decorated with gold and crystal leading scholars to conclude that this was a preparation or contemplation room for the King.
As sound bites go, this was just about perfect, a tiny dagger pitched into Gore's sternum.