Example sentences for: swords

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

  • On 16 June 1808, the townsfolk — armed with little more than ancient swords, spears, and stones — attacked and captured the local French garrison.

  • The swords referred to earlier have become three-pronged palmas (palms) in the New World.

  • Collections of antique weapons, including swords and muskets, outline the progress made in weapons technology.

  • In the middle of the town is the Bagh Bhairav Temple, under the eaves of which are swords and shields from the 18th-century siege.

  • Others given victor's laurels included NATO, described by the London Observer as having "saved its reputation and credibility, gaining time to improve its effectiveness as a guarantor of peace"; and the new world order celebrated in Andrew Marr's column in the Observer , "What has happened is a decisive and perhaps terminal defeat for an older Europe, a place of tribal hatreds, double-headed eagles, flaming swords and obscure martyrs.


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