How to Use mace in a Sentence

mace

noun

• The guard had the man secured and had a can of mace in his hand.
  — cleveland, 30 July 2021
• The seeds and mace of the nutmeg plant, which is known to contain myristicin.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 1 Sep. 2022
• Weapons like a spiky mace are used against the creatures, but there’s no blood or gore.
  — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
• Danielson turned toward the shouts and lifted the can of bear mace.
  — Bryan Denson, ProPublica, 5 Nov. 2020
• More officers were called in and had to use mace and smoke to disperse the crowds.
  — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2021
• Bear mace is far more pressurized and can have a spray range of up to 40 feet.
  — Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 11 Apr. 2023
• The two girls and the mother argued, and the older girl spayed the younger girl with mace or pepper spray.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 29 Oct. 2021
• Stir in the crabmeat and roe (or yolk); add pepper and mace, and cook 20 minutes.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2023
• Some of the females were armed with mace and knives, WBNS reports.
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 15 May 2022
• These maces, which date back to the 17th century, are made of silver gilt over oak.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Apr. 2023
• Dan shouts and screams at the tax collector, who sprays mace or pepper spray in Dan’s face.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Apr. 2022
• When the strikers held their first march, on Feb. 23, the police attacked them with batons and mace.
  — Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
• The regalia includes swords, maces, rings, an orb, sceptres, an ampulla for the holy oil and, of course, the crowns.
  — Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 11 Apr. 2023
• Still sporting wavy chestnut hair, the face of a 20-something was likely bashed by a mace.
  — Bridget Alex, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Aug. 2021
• Carter said police used mace to break up the fight, and one person was arrested.
  — Dezimey Kum, USA TODAY, 21 July 2022
• Woods quickly surrendered, asking the men not to spray him with mace.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 29 Nov. 2021
• In the end, most of the injuries were caused by weapons like mace, baseball bats and batons, flag poles or objects picked up at the Capitol.
  — Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2021
• The trucks belched through the city streets, past gauntlets of antiracist protesters and left-wing groups, blitzing them with pellets and mace.
  — James Ross Gardner, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2020
• What kind of person would spray homeless people with bear mace?
  — Jesse Barron, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• The main difference was that the dark cake called for brown sugar and spices—allspice and mace—while the lighter cake had no spices and used white sugar.
  — Cassandra King, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2023
• Make your workout more medieval with this steel mace from Onnit.
  — Mark Stock and Ebenezer Samuel, Men's Health, 2 Dec. 2022
• Feldman’s first day on set involved spraying Lawrence in the face with mace and then dousing her with a high-speed garden hose.
  — Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2023
• In a small bowl, whisk together the cinnamon, nutmeg and mace.
  — Bronwen Wyatt, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2022
• Beat until the dough starts to pull away from the sides of the bowl, then beat in another ½ cup of the remaining flour plus the nutmeg, mace or cinnamon.
  — Katie Workman, Chicago Tribune, 12 Dec. 2022
• Here’s how to use nutmeg and mace to their full potential, from buying to using to storing.
  — Nico Avalle, Bon Appétit, 13 Nov. 2022
• Tarrio encouraged Proud Boys to bring bear mace, containers of which can shoot the caustic spray up to 10 feet.
  — Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2020
• Jokes about finger traps, the spraying of mace, and a dog that likes cocaine are all less funny than examples of the movie trying too hard.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 June 2023
• Video from the scene shows people shouting, swearing, throwing drinks and spraying mace and pepper spray.
  — oregonlive, 22 May 2021
• The figure is a winged warrior who typically prefers her mace.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 11 July 2023
• In the melee, counterprotesters could be seen spraying mace while members of the anti-vaccine rally screamed death threats.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024