Sentence examples for under the spear from inspiring English sources
The latter were conducted sub hasta ("under the spear") by agents who accompanied the Roman armies for this purpose.
There was limited acknowledgement of the fact that many Palestinians and Arab commentators were pointing out, as Abdel-Beri Atwan did in Al-Quds al-Arabi on 4 August, that "this is the first time in history that a national liberation movement holds its general conference under the spear of the occupation and with the blessing of its government".
Again the Persians were defeated, but this time the battle was primarily won, as Aeschylus was to put it in his play Persians, "under the Dorian spear"—that is, under the leadership of hoplite Sparta.
Otherwise, you'll also want to stock up on firebombs (about 20 of them to be safe), which can be bought from the merchant under the two spear Hollows in Undeadsberg, not far from the bonfire there.
In Zimbabwe and many other African countries, he noted, the editors of newspapers that published photos of The Spear would be under arrest.
At first the censors agreed, and classified The Spear as unsuitable for those under 16.
FAST was part of the MONITOR structure after previously coming under the SAST (technology assessment) programme and prior to being included in the SPEAR (evaluation and research) programme.
"She is the tip of the spear".
The spear gun divers also provided visual information.
IT is the tip of the spear.
