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Example sentences for: stab

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

William Safire took a futile stab in 1980, opining that when the purpose of turning a thing into an act is trendy brevity, or chicspeak [!], the practice is bad style.
But I'll take a stab at it anyway, and finish, in the spirit of the family, and maybe even the Breakfast Table, not with a last word, but with a last question.
Spokesman Larry Fitzgerald says a dozen inmates were hurt in fighting at the Torres medium-security prison unit; two remain hospitalized with stab wounds.
In fact, Lind's book has received mainly positive reviews, and not all from publications in the "stab in the back" camp.
While I acknowledge that it is not easy to know how to sort out the many topics to be covered in a usage book, most reasonable writers have taken a stab at writing an entry under a heading that seems a likely place to look, then have provided a detailed index.