knife thrust
Frequency: 6.05.1 per million words
a stabbing motion with a knife
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Examples (10)
- The realization that she was gone was like a knife thrust.
- The assailant delivered a sudden knife thrust to his victim.
- He managed to parry the swift knife thrust just in time.
- The doctor described the wound as a deep knife thrust.
- She felt a sharp knife thrust of pain when she heard the news.
- The guard blocked the unexpected knife thrust with his shield.
- His sarcastic comment was another knife thrust to her already fragile confidence.
- With a desperate knife thrust, the hero disarmed his attacker.
- The forensic team analyzed the angle of the knife thrust.
- The sudden economic downturn felt like a collective knife thrust to the industry.