Sentence examples for use of a knife from inspiring English sources

The elaborate Queen of Sweden fold takes four minutes a napkin and requires the use of a knife to make the sharp pleats.

I find myself thinking about how I have to start helping him to perfect his use of a knife or he will never be able to live by himself.

(One minor detail that I find particularly striking is the patriarch's use of a knife that would have to be razor-sharp to cut fine, thin slices off a boulder-like loaf of bread).

All of Cameron's good work in sitting down for a barbecue with real people in their actual back garden, was undone by his misguided use of a knife and fork to tackle a sausage in a bun.

These early stamps were printed on sheets of paper with no provisions for separating them from each other; this required the use of a knife or scissors to secure individual stamps.

Of course, the interview is forced to carry yet another party-pooping statement from Hertfordshire police - "At no point were any official warnings or words of advice given to the home owner in relation to use of a knife or offensive weapon" - but the main thing is that it all ends with the reminder that "Popstar to Operastar is on ITV1 on Fridays at 9pm".

Using a knife in most countries is not an act of self defense, possibly unless your opponent is also armed with their own knife or a gun, and you will be put in jail for using of a knife.

(Asch, 1971 : 612 13) … [t]he self-mutilation performed by one girl … [involved the use of] a knife to scratch the letters 'LOVE' on her thigh, just deep enough for blood to flow.

This last behaviour was also mentioned the previous year by Asch (who was using the same data as Rosenthal et al).: … [t]he self-mutilation performed by one girl … [involved the use of] a knife to scratch the letters 'LOVE' on her thigh, just deep enough for blood to flow.

Vanilla Bean Shortbread: Split a vanilla bean in half lengthwise and use back of a knife to scrape out pulp.

Other methods of surgical castration used included manual twisting to remove the testicles (44; 23%), the use of a Newberry Knife (70; 37%), surgical ligation (52; 28%), a Henderson Castration Tool (27; 14%) and a conventional knife (15; 8%).