How to Use unsheathe in a Sentence

unsheathe

verb
Definition of unsheathenext
  • Don't do this two nights before a wedding and expect to unsheathe your toes for the entire dance floor to see.
    — Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 27 Mar. 2021
  • Castillo unsheathed it, pointing the fixed blade at the employee, the report states.
    — Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Jan. 2018
  • Caudill allegedly went back inside and came out with a Katana — a Japanese samurai sword — unsheathed it and threatened to cut off his father’s head.
    — Dmitriy Shapiro, Detroit Free Press, 17 Dec. 2019
  • A young man, wearing the white shirt and black trousers of the Orthodox, runs past the camera, desperately glancing behind him as the two boys, long knives now unsheathed, chase after him.
    — Geraldine Brooks, The New Yorker, 27 May 2017
  • Then the ranch hands accompanying my mother and me on our journey unsheathe their wide bolo knives.
    — Alfred Miller, The Courier-Journal, 2 Dec. 2019
  • Gould found some melting pianissimos, and Goerke unsheathed a saber of sound that shone the way toward her interpretation of the whole role.
    — Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2019
  • As the train pulled up to the game's familiar train station, the iconic hero landed from a somersault jump by dramatically unsheathing his massive Buster Sword.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 11 June 2019
  • While common decency and office dress codes require more than a few thin straps of material above the knees (even on 90-degree days) these nearly nude numbers leave your feet coolly unsheathed.
    — Rebecca Malinsky, WSJ, 21 June 2018
  • Here are five takeaways from the Packers' victory: Desperate times: If there was any confusion about what the Packers must do to reach the playoffs, their opening possession unsheathed the desperation.
    — Michael Cohen, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2017
  • Upon assuming office, Krasner — who campaigned on a pledge of sweeping reforms — has wasted little time unsheathing his own metaphorical sword.
    — Chris Palmer, Philly.com, 13 Jan. 2018
  • Meanwhile, Kushner’s enemies, sensing vulnerability and opportunity, are unsheathing their blades and saying unkind things about their rival.
    — T.a. Frank, The Hive, 1 June 2017

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