How to Use dagger in a Sentence

dagger

noun

• The book can feel like a dagger that stabs you again and again.
  — Peter C. Baker, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2022
• The final turnover of the night from Hall was the dagger, a 65-yard pick-six from Rickie Williams.
  — al, 9 Sep. 2023
• At points, the show is more of a cabaret than a narrative aimed like a dagger at the heart.
  — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
• V-neck cut, which is dagger-sharp and hits right at the sternum.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2022
• Then there were the final two daggers, late in the fourth quarter.
  — The Arizona Republic, 17 Feb. 2023
• Two plays later, Etienne found the end zone once more, which would be the dagger in this one.
  — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 8 Oct. 2023
• Even after this dagger to the heart, Dunn wasn’t willing to give up on the novel.
  — oregonlive, 3 Oct. 2022
• One was a heart with wings on her right wrist and the other was a rose with a dagger on her shoulder blade.
  — Veronica Fulton, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2022
• The two Leonard hit late in the fourth followed by Gordon’s final 3 proved to be daggers.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2023
• The Wright State guard knifed into the Louisville defense down the stretch and saved a dagger for the end, burying a pull-up jumper to beat the buzzer and take down the Cards 73-72.
  — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 12 Nov. 2022
• The object turned out to be a five-inch-long flint dagger dated to the Neolithic era.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
• Ahead by three after that dagger, the Cavs never looked back, outscoring the Bulls 15-4 in OT.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 3 Jan. 2023
• They must get struck, bent, broken and shoved into the flames to mold the boy into a man, the dullard into a dagger.
  — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2023
• An Okla alley-oop slam was the dagger and Pettway and the North fans erupted as time ran down.
  — Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2023
• Rodriguez wields a battle axe, while Page has a dagger, a sword and a heavy suit of armor.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 20 July 2022
• The Celtics would have blown a 10-point lead with four minutes left and lost on a Jimmy Butler dagger.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
• Butler then assisted on a Caleb Martin three and then scored 10 straight points to put the dagger in the Bucks.
  — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2023
• The dagger is designed for men and women and is available in two sizes and five stone options.
  — Lisa Boonestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2022
• At times, the quest to win Ms. Hager’s imprimatur can be something of a cloak-and-dagger affair.
  — Matt Flegenheimer, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022
• The short passes eventually opened up the rest of the field, and the dagger came on a 60-yard bomb to a wide open Charlie Jones in the fourth quarter.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 27 Nov. 2022
• The dagger came with 12 seconds left in OT, when Nevada drew up a play to get Lucas curling off the screen for a jumper.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2024
• Game of Thrones was already dead when Jon Snow plunged that dagger into Dany’s heart.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 17 June 2022
• Doing so requires some cloak and dagger on the part of the reporters so that Maharaj and Duvoisin won’t find out.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2022
• Matte black face, sleek dagger hands, and an ultra thin case.
  — Men's Health, 24 Feb. 2023
• Each asks shrewd questions, which the person at the microphone dodges with ease and fires back with a dagger that gets the press laughing.
  — John Boyanoski, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
• And the story feels propulsive even when people aren’t pulling out hatchets, daggers, and chains.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2023
• Then Josh Okogie hit a dagger corner 3 with 45.8 seconds left to end the game’s scoring.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 31 Mar. 2023
• Kara had linked up with Ojeda, who sent a perfect feed to a streaking Torres for the dagger off Klinsmann and into the back of the net.
  — Kyle Foley, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2023
• All that, only to be undone by another dagger shot through the heart.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2023
• Like today, scarfing down a Crunchwrap Supreme to drown out the dagger & twist from my lower back.
  — Kb Brookins, Chron, 22 July 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024