Sentence examples for end of a knife from inspiring English sources

For most people zero-hours contracts are the sharp end of a knife held by companies for which it makes economic sense to keep employees dangling each month, at their beck and call for zero cost.

For example, when a friend grasps the sharp end of a knife, we do not need to see her facial expression to know that the action is probably painful.

Never smash the sharp end of a knife down into your hand!

Attach something made out of plastic to the end of a knife (like a medicine bottle or little toy).

You can choose something like the butt end of a knife, and rapidly hammer on the wax covering on the top of the bottle.

That's why.' " Wagner stared out the sliding glass doors for a minute, while Sonia cracked walnuts on a teak coffee table with the blunt end of a bowie knife, then he continued more softly.

Wrap tape (sticky side out) around the end of a putty knife (or similar object).

Use a fork, end of a butter knife, or similar to help you mash it up in a bowl.

Objects that will work include the end of a butter knife, a ballpoint pen that has run out of ink, and the tip of a slender knitting needle.

John Carpenter's first and best entry in a long series, this lean feature works because it's both original and daringly basic: Laurie is a young teenage girl up against a monster, with only her wits and her two feet to protect her from the wrong end of a large butcher knife.

It looks like the end of a X-Acto Knife.