SCABBARD in a Sentence

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Athos replaced his in his belt; Porthos and Aramis, who held their drawn swords in their hands, returned them to their scabbards.

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 Meanings and Examples of SCABBARD
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
scabbard
 n.  case for sword blade; sheath
Classic Sentence: (16 in 2 pages)
1  Neither England, nor Germany, nor France is contained in a scabbard.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI—QUOT LIBRAS IN DUCE?
2  The clash of blades in battle is less dismal, after all, than the clank of the scabbard on the pavement.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER VII—THE OLD HEART AND THE YOUNG HEART IN THE PRES...
3  D'Artagnan, seeing him approach, drew his sword a foot out of the scabbard.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 1 THE THREE PRESENTS OF D'ARTAGNAN THE ELDER
4  Drawing his sword from its scabbard, he rushed out of the apartment.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 8 CONCERNING A COURT INTRIGUE
5  "A moment," cried d'Artagnan, making them a sign to replace in the scabbard their half-drawn swords.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 9 D'ARTAGNAN SHOWS HIMSELF
6  Porthos drew his sword from the scabbard, and made passes at the wall, springing back from time to time, and making contortions like a dancer.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 30 D'ARTAGNAN AND THE ENGLISHMAN
7  I will also give him the scabbard of newly sawn ivory into which it fits.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK VIII
8  He held his sword drawn in his hand to defend himself, if I should happen to break loose; it was almost three inches long; the hilt and scabbard were gold enriched with diamonds.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER II.
9  He first called for my scimitar, which I took out, scabbard and all.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER II.
10  Then she set me on a table, where I showed her my hanger all bloody, and wiping it on the lappet of my coat, returned it to the scabbard.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER I.
11  But Pallas hurls his spear with all his strength, and pulls his sword flashing out of the hollow scabbard.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK TENTH
12  was approached by a security guard, identifiable mainly by his sword, of which the scabbard seemed to be made of aluminium.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Three In the empty Courtroom - The Student - The ...
13  His long holster and belt glistened and his silver spurs and scabbard gleamed, from the industrious polishing Uncle Peter had given them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
14  And that is that their swords may never leave their scabbards but in your majesty's service.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 6 HIS MAJESTY KING LOUIS XIII
15  Athos replaced his in his belt; Porthos and Aramis, who held their drawn swords in their hands, returned them to their scabbards.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 63 THE DROP OF WATER
Example Sentence:
1  The drill master told the recruit to wipe the blood from his sword before slipping it back into the scabbard.