How to Use samurai in a Sentence

samurai

noun

• In the case of Björk and Rosalía, sparks—and samurai swords—fly.
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2023
• She’s got a princess face, a killer body, samurai mind.
  — Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2022
• One of his suits, which isn't for sale, features samurai blades and spike horns.
  — Noura Abou Zeinab, CNN, 3 Mar. 2020
• The son of a samurai turned rice miller, Keisaburo Koda was born in Japan in 1882.
  — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
• Michael Kaplan was that those guys have to be more like samurai.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 13 Apr. 2023
• The new fences include a life-size samurai and jumbo-size sushi.
  — Jake Seiner, chicagotribune.com, 6 Aug. 2021
• The samurai Mizu stands backed up to the edge of a seaside cliff, flanked by four master swordsman known as the Four Fangs.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2023
• Melodic jazz plays as a samurai slices through the mecha’s armor.
  — Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 27 Apr. 2021
• The Turtles use samurai swords and martial arts weapons.
  — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022
• Yasuke, the world's first African samurai, had to fight for his place in history.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2021
• But ‘aus’ the Germans were on Thursday, knocked out by the same samurai crew that took them down in their opener.
  — John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2022
• The police are stumped: the room is sealed; a samurai sword stands upright in the snow outside; footprints lead in but not out.
  — The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
• This man is a busy doctor, but finds time to serve as headmaster of a samurai school.
  — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 13 Feb. 2023
• Those Western films and the samurai films, that style of filmmaking.
  — Carson Burton, Variety, 15 July 2022
• The game sees players take on the role of a samurai in the 13th century when the Mongols invaded Japan.
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 14 Mar. 2023
• Pages from a book about samurai are pasted on a wall in the samurai booth, where a red lamp glows dimly over the table.
  — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
• Chris Heward: My character was killed with a samurai sword.
  — CBS News, 23 Apr. 2022
• But there are also scenes inspired by events recorded about the African samurai’s life.
  — Kat Moon, Time, 30 Apr. 2021
• Author Kurusu Yoshio published the children’s book Kuro-suke about the samurai in 1968.
  — Kat Moon, Time, 30 Apr. 2021
• Their samurai entourages could number in the thosands, the front of their heads shaven and carrying two swords on their left hip, one long, one short.
  — Hiroshi Okamoto, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 July 2020
• The image shows the Ukrainian ambassador to Japan dressed in a samurai outfit.
  — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2022
• Its mix of open-world gameplay and flexible combat made this samurai epic a joy to play.
  — Gieson Cacho, Star Tribune, 6 Jan. 2021
• He is accused of attacking both men with a samurai sword.
  — Kyle Hightower, courant.com, 11 Aug. 2021
• Michael Cera is the voice of Hank, a hound dog ready to train to be a samurai and save a town from a ruthless villain determined to destroy a village.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 10 May 2022
• Little is known about Japan’s first foreign samurai, one of only nine.
  — Leslie Nguyen-Okwu, Quartz, 24 Apr. 2021
• There’s a series of new islands to explore with a boat that can launch Klee firebombs, new minigames to play and a new samurai Oni-looking boss to fight.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 28 May 2021
• In Trek to Yomi, a young samurai named Hiroki vows to avenge his master and protect his town.
  — Gabriel Zamora, PCMAG, 29 Apr. 2022
• Kelly also wielded a samurai sword while Fox wore a black wig with blood pouring from her eyes.
  — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2023
• Paws of Fury stars Michael Cera as the voice of Hank, a loveable dog who dreams of becoming a samurai, a job usually reserved for cats.
  — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 July 2022
• Or maybe Osaka Castle is more your style, with its mint-green tiles and samurai heritage.
  — Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 22 Jan. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024