How to Use scabbard in a Sentence

scabbard

noun

• One person made the hilt, one the scabbard, one the handle, and so forth.
  — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2023
• The young man carefully drew the katana back into the scabbard.
  — Colin Barrett, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
• The sword pyramids likely attached a leather strap that secured a sword in a scabbard to a belt and kept the sword in its sheath.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 24 June 2022
• From one man, 23, the officer removed a large knife in a scabbard.
  — cleveland, 10 Apr. 2020
• The swords may never have been pulled out of their leather scabbards since being unearthed.
  — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 22 May 2018
• The second sword found in the next room was intact, though missing its handle and scabbard.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 14 Sep. 2017
• An unknown person or persons sawed off a scabbard and drilled a hole into the leg of one of the horses.
  — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2023
• Its scabbard is gold and black leather with 15 diamonds.
  — Rick Montgomery, kansascity, 16 July 2017
• The team also found the remains of a scabbard fused to the blade through mineralization.
  — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2021
• The scabbard also includes an engraving of the state seal.
  — Tiana Woodard, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Jan. 2023
• The Model 1 comes with a scabbard that’s molded to fit perfectly.
  — Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 14 June 2023
• One of the sharpest blades in George Lucas’ scabbard was his effects department.
  — K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 27 July 2022
• The sword’s scabbard was also decorated with the image of an oval shield.
  — NBC News, 12 May 2021
• The scientists theorize that the warrior buried with a sword on the left side of his grave would have worn the scabbard on his right side and therefore held it with his left hand.
  — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2020
• The sword lay in a scabbard of wood and leather, decorated with elaborate bronze fittings.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 5 Oct. 2020
• The would-be assassin’s bullet struck the scabbard and lodged itself into the silver blade, before Cash used the knife to slice off his assailant’s nose and an ear.
  — Michael Medved, WSJ, 18 June 2021
• The Model 94 was short, handy, light for its time, carried nicely in the hand, snaked in and out of a saddle scabbard, fired fast, was dead reliable, and kicked very little.
  — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 19 July 2019
• The scabbard is made of leather, gold, diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires, turquoise, and lined in silk velvet.
  — Town & Country, 7 May 2023
• Take out your triangular hat, eye patch, brass earrings, toy parrot on your shoulder, sword and scabbard, hook for a hand, and peg for a leg.
  — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2023
• Shings make shiny metallic sounds—a sword being drawn from its scabbard—and wronkers give the impression of metal sliding across a hard surface.
  — Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 27 June 2022
• Titusville officers went into the apartment and found Glynn on his couch sitting next to his sword and wooden scabbard.
  — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 9 June 2021
• Right-handed fighters kept their scabbard, or sheath, hanging on the left side to facilitate reaching across and pulling out their blade.
  — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2020
• Further analysis shows that the belt was decorated with images of a lion and a cherub; the sword’s scabbard, meanwhile, bore the likeness of an oval shield.
  — Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2021
• The bike was outfitted with a rifle scabbard, saddlebags, and a one-wheeled trailer that could haul carcasses and gear.
  — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2022
• Finally, add finishing touches, like an eye patch and a fake scabbard.
  — Deborah Way, Parents, 6 Oct. 2023
• But, at the same time, I was deeply saddened by both impeachments because, before Nixon, impeachment was meant to be the sword that was never removed from its scabbard.
  — Tyler Foggatt, The New Yorker, 17 June 2023
• Billion slid a knife from the scabbard and demonstrated how to sharpen it using a counterweight sharpener.
  — Michael Holtz, The Atlantic, 14 June 2021
• After he’s decapitated by a scabbard, his head thuds in slow motion down a staircase.
  — Gem Seddon, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2021
• These included a complete horse harness, buckles, rings, ornaments, a sword still in its scabbard and axle caps from a chariot.
  — USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2020
• The treatment returned the weapon to startlingly pristine condition, showcasing a gleaming handle and scabbard inlaid with silver and glass atop a grooved, tapered iron blade.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Mar. 2020

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024