ANVIL in a Sentence

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Five great cities set up the anvil and sharpen the sword, strong Atina and proud Tibur, Ardea and Crustumeri, and turreted Antemnae.

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 Meanings and Examples of ANVIL
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anvil
 n.  heavy block of iron or steel with a smooth, flat top on which metals are shaped by hammering;
Classic Sentence:
1  There's the stuff, flinging the pouch upon the anvil.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 113. The Forge.
2  Meantime, now the stranger was still beseeching his poor boon of Ahab; and Ahab still stood like an anvil, receiving every shock, but without the least quivering of his own.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 128. The Pequod Meets The Rachel.
3  What is needed is a little anvil two inches square, and a lamp burning spirits of wine to soften the wax.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER III—A PEN IS HEAVY TO THE MAN WHO LIFTED THE FAUC...
4  Five great cities set up the anvil and sharpen the sword, strong Atina and proud Tibur, Ardea and Crustumeri, and turreted Antemnae.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK SEVENTH
Example Sentence:
1  The man put the iron block on the anvil.
2  A good anvil does not fear the hammer.