Sentence examples for stab from inspiring English sources

Dictionary

stab

verb

To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a pointed tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.

  • If you stab him in the heart he won't live long enough to retaliate.

Exact(8)

Early on, back when Underwood was a hungry whip who'd stab his own grandmother if it would inch him closer to power, you'd see him indiscriminately spraying bullets around at clusters of enemies in Call of Duty.

After a second stab at devolution succeeded in 1998-99, the SNP worked to the general principle that it would not meddle in exclusively English affairs.

"The two-jobs stab is a bit lame and unoriginal," he said.

And we are so close we could do this but you know someone would need to jump, hold his arms down and then I would stab him in the jugular.

A postmortem found that Marsden had died of "significant stab wounds" to the head and face.

Ronaldo scored them both against the undermanned defence, first heading home Isco's cross after 36 minutes before he acrobatically dived to stab in a ball flicked on by Javier Hernández a minute later.

If X Factor can manage to pull all this off, those nine words might not feel like such a stab in the guts come Christmas.

Eighteen had been set upon outside by ultras, 10 of those suffered from stab wounds, and another 50-plus had to be bandaged up and repaired after unforgivable moments when the police embarked on what has been described as an "unprovoked military-style attack".

Your English writing platform

Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.

Student

Used by millions of students, scientific researchers, professional translators and editors from all over the world!

MitStanfordHarvardAustralian Nationa UniversityNanyangOxford

Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak quote

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak

CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com

Get started for free

Unlock your writing potential with Ludwig

Letters

Most frequent sentences: