How to Use switchblade in a Sentence

switchblade

noun

• And her wit and her charm and her brilliance is her switchblade.
  — Will Bedingfield, WIRED, 6 Feb. 2023
• There were switchblades and scissors on top of all the windowsills.
  — Crystal Ponti, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Feb. 2019
• The woman tried to separate the dogs, but the attacker pulled out a switchblade and stabbed the pit bull mix.
  — Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 19 June 2023
• The Kia Stinger is a switchblade of cutting edge credentials ready to make its mark among — or on — the best sport sedans.
  — Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 Jan. 2018
• As for the switchblade Geraghty wields after fending off the big bad Wolf?
  — Christopher Wallenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2023
• Trapped in a burning shower room with an alien who’s got limbs like switchblades, that’s where.
  — Dan Thurot, Ars Technica, 18 Jan. 2020
• The latter was tied to the fact that the trespasser had a heavy, metallic, switchblade knife in his pocket.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 15 Jan. 2020
• The attorney said his client had a small pocket knife key chain, not a switchblade.
  — Ashley Luthern, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2018
• Higgs heard the fighting and grabbed a 4-inch switchblade from his back pocket.
  — Nereida Moreno, chicagotribune.com, 8 Apr. 2018
• Raccoon's clue package shows a switchblade knife on a sink.
  — Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 11 Mar. 2021
• He was charged there in February 2015 after being found with a switchblade knife while stopped on the side of a road.
  — Dan Campana, Aurora Beacon-News, 11 May 2017
• The settings changed, but his style stayed constant: notes that could pierce cut like a switchblade, but also revel in the melody of a song.
  — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2023
• During the argument, the woman stabbed him with a switchblade-style knife.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 13 Sep. 2019
• Cats had Buck knives, switchblades, brass knuckles, baseball bats, and nunchucks.
  — Matt Thompson, Spin, 26 Sep. 2023
• The suspect, armed with a three-inch switchblade, walked out of the the classroom after the stabbing and handed the weapon to a guidance counselor, Boyce said.
  — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 27 Sep. 2017
• When the house lights went up, the treacherous former sidekick was standing there, the blood still warm on his switchblade.
  — Gerard Baker, WSJ, 5 Sep. 2022
• Things get dicey, with Sweetpea threatening Archiekins and pulling out his switchblade — and then Archie whips out his gun.
  — Jessica MacLeish, Teen Vogue, 2 Nov. 2017
• The weapon was identified as a double edged switchblade.
  — Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2018
• Among the weapons were a dagger, a switchblade, a pair of brass knuckles, 11 knives and nine disposable scalpels, according to the TSA.
  — Julianne McShane, NBC News, 8 May 2022
• Certain knife types, such as switchblades, are barred from some states for both open and concealed carry.
  — Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2024
• Much of Lust for Life gives the sense of a switchblade hidden inside of a soft fist, but there is something deeper within it.
  — Tyler Coates, Esquire, 24 July 2017
• On paper, switchblade drones can be more precise than many of the weapons used by Russian and Ukrainian forces, such as fire bombs.
  — Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2022
• Within milliseconds, a hand with a switchblade swoops in and slashes a huge gash in the side of the bag before tearing it apart at its seams.
  — Elizabeth Paton, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
• Leberko came up quickly behind him and with an eight-inch switchblade cut Bandino's throat clear across.
  — Barry Gifford, latimes.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• Bolich was stabbed four times and a switchblade was found near his body, according to the authorities.
  — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2019
• The man hesitated, and Domenech pulled out switchblade.
  — Evan MacDonald, cleveland, 14 Feb. 2020
• Weighing in at six pounds apiece, they are fired from a compact launch tube, at which point their propeller and wings flip out like a switchblade.
  — Peter Weber, The Week, 6 Feb. 2023
• These stunning miniatures are like bonsai trees pruned with a switchblade.
  — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2018
• Ragmen with pushcarts then, punks with switchblades now.
  — James Ellroy, Vanities, 7 Oct. 2017
• The brother-in-law later testified that Ream pulled a switchblade on the girl and told the brother-in-law to use duct tape to blindfold the girl before raping her.
  — Elisha Anderson, Detroit Free Press, 21 May 2018

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024