Sentence examples for a sharpened stake from inspiring English sources
Leo VI lauds his military talents in his Tactica, and he is credited with the invention of a weapon to counter cavalry during his campaign against the Bulgarians, consisting of a sharpened stake driven into the ground.
Defensive ditches (the easiest way to make these is to put the entire model on top of a square piece of styrofoam, then cut a narrow indentation in a circle around the outside of the bailey and at the bottom of the motte. Paint the indented portion brown (or blue if you want a moat).. Sharpened stakes around the outer ditches (toothpicks).
The name makes us think of chevaux-de-frise -- barbaric barricades of impromptu siegecraft, sharpened stakes and saplings made into a hedge, breast-high to impale horse or man.
More than performance was at stake; one slip and a sharpened steel blade could have sliced a skater's face.
2. Treat rejection as a sharpening stone.
Purchase a sharpening stone.
In "The Fifth Woman" one man dies falling into a pit of sharpened bamboo stakes; another is thrown into a lake in a sack.
A fresh start with a sharpened mind.
If practicing with a friend, never use a sharpened sword.
