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Meanings of sheathe in English

Catalan
embeinar
Spanish
envainar

Enclose with a sheath.

embeinar
Antonyms
Examples for "unsheathe"
Examples for "unsheathe"
1
You unsheathe the knife, pressing it against the side of his throat.
Blackbird
2
Caught off guard, Magiere had no time to unsheathe her weapon.
Thief of lives
3
Two others hand their guns to their comrades and unsheathe knives.
Reuters
4
My teammates watched me as if I might unsheathe a knife.
Mysterious Skin
5
Allan stepped aside, yet did not attempt to unsheathe his sword.
The Thirsty Sword: A Story of the Norse Invasion of Scotland (12...
Usage of sheathe in English
1
I'll offer it up to you -I'llsheathe its horns in gold.
The Odyssey
2
Hogg had appeared on deck and Keen heard him sheathe his cutlass.
Colors Aloft!
3
It means that when brave men sheathe the sword the quarrel's done.
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 12
4
I returned to the cleft then and picked up my blade's sheathe.
The Great Book of Amber
5
He lifts his shirt and slides the knife back into its sheathe.
The windup girl
6
I'll gamble that you sheathe a knife before morning if you do.
The Outlet
7
Adam tried to sheathe his sword, but it was sticky with blood.
Relentless Pursuit
8
He only desired to secure peace for us and to sheathe the sword.
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1
9
I shall sheathe my sword and say no more about it.
Vittoria — Volume 7
10
And before that two-edged blade could sheathe itself again, swiftly the Bishop spoke.
The White Ladies of Worcester: A Romance of the Twelfth Century
11
The moment will come when I shall sheathe my knife in his heart.
The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood
12
It might be smart as well as gentlemanly to sheathe Grayswandir.
The Great Book of Amber
13
I trust, Lieutenant Stewart, you will have the courage to sheathe your blade.
A Soldier of Virginia: A Tale of Colonel Washington and Braddock...
14
She repeated the word, still frowning, and turned away to sheathe her blade.
The bone palace
15
Were your fathers slow to draw the sword and quick to sheathe it?
The Forest of Vazon / A Guernsey Legend of the Eighth Century
16
May he never draw his sword without cause; never sheathe it without honor!
The Heart's Secret; Or, the Fortunes of a Soldier: a Story of Lo...
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Translations for sheathe
Sheathe through the time
Sheathe across language varieties
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