WHETSTONE in a Sentence

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Example sentences for WHETSTONE, such as:

1. A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone.
2. I dropped pap's whetstone there too, so as to look like it had been done by accident.
3. The metallic clank of a whetstone against a scythe, that came to them from the cart, ceased.
4. Likhachev got up, rummaged in his pack, and soon Petya heard the warlike sound of steel on whetstone.
5. hissed the saber against the whetstone, and suddenly Petya heard an harmonious orchestra playing some unknown, sweetly solemn hymn.

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 Meanings and Examples of WHETSTONE
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whetstone
 n.  a flat stone for sharpening edged tools or knives
Classic Sentence:
1  Likhachev got up, rummaged in his pack, and soon Petya heard the warlike sound of steel on whetstone.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER X
2  hissed the saber against the whetstone, and suddenly Petya heard an harmonious orchestra playing some unknown, sweetly solemn hymn.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER X
3  I dropped pap's whetstone there too, so as to look like it had been done by accident.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII.
4  The metallic clank of a whetstone against a scythe, that came to them from the cart, ceased.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 17
5  The very next day Yeobright went to Humphrey's cottage, and borrowed of him leggings, gloves, a whetstone, and a hook, to use till he should be able to purchase some for himself.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: 2 He Is Set upon by Adversities but He Sings a Song
Example Sentence:
1  A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone.