The others cordially agreed as, for some time, they had heard the roars of wild beasts, which abounded in these forests; and Harry and Abdool had run with their open knives in their hands, prepared for a sudden attack.
Kneeling down, they set to work with their knives and, after half an hour's work, they had laid bare the bottoms of four of the bamboos, which were sunk two feet into the ground.
And at night Fenist the bright falcon flew down and beat vainly with his wings, and beat again, but could not get through the little window, but only wounded himself on the knives and cut and tore his wings.
The counterfeit apostles' knives and forks were laid out on that side of the table which was nearest to the wall, so that they might be stared at again, without let or hindrance.
Scalping knives were ground, and the points of the lances sharpened.
Already could be seen flashing in the sun the bluish blades of the long knives which Mexicans always carry in the right boot.
Manchester may glut the earth with her printed calicoes, Sheffield may produce more carving-knives than there are carvers.
He glanced rapidly about the room, but saw nothing that he could oppose to the knives of the desperadoes, and even if he had, they were five to one, so his escape from a cruel death seemed impossible.
One majestic chief, who had led this attack from the sea, avoided knives and missiles and drew away in safety with the other few who escaped.
There were no locksmiths in the Antilles for love to laugh at, but there were spears and knives to fear, and the young couple, who seemed to be inspired by genuine affection, met at this lonely spot to do their courting.
These blacks, who were confined in the hold, had got possession of knives with which they cut through the outer planking, causing the ship to leak alarmingly.
Wong was assailed in his office by five robbers, armed with knives and daubed with blood, to show that they intended neither to give nor ask for quarter.
The fiend is in the after-castle, for the pans and the knives and a blunderbuss and two cutlasses that were loose have leaped against the forward panelling and stick there as if rivets were through them.
These men chewed tobacco incessantly, drank copiously, were heavily armed withknives and pistols, and breathed defiance to all foreigners.
I had 'nother brother and sister comin' 'long then, and we had tin plates and cups and knives and spoons, and allus sot to our food.
We'd take post oak and split it thin with drawin' knives and let it git tough in the sun, and then weave it into cotton baskets and fish baskets and little fancy baskets.
Gaspare moved to and fro slowly, spreading the cloth, arranging the pots of flowers, the glasses, forks, and knives upon it.
She and Julia nibbled French bread, and played with their knives and forks while they waited.
Julia smiled without raising her eyes from the knives and forks with which she was absently playing.
Not a lamp, not a cup or saucer was familiar to Julia; she felt uncomfortable in giving dinner parties with "H" on the silver knivesand forks; she never liked the look of the Hardesty linen.
So, in a quiet interval between the sniping periods we hurriedly sawed the shattered stump of his hand off with our clasp knives and bound it up as best we could.
Two of the Prussians "frisked" us for our tobacco, cigarettes, knivesand other valuables.
Then he sent one of the redoubts to the mainland to fetch further stores and to bring back a number of carriers with knives and axes.
The force in the plantations above, catching the panic, scattered at the first onslaught of the Bahima, who, with spears and knives and every kind of weapon, were strewing the ground with dead.
Before he could rise again, or Tom could interfere, two Bahima flung themselves on the body, and only a faint gurgle told that their fatal knives had done their work.
I'll try to show you the way, though I've done nothing of the sort since I broke a dozen pen-knives carving a sailing-boat when I was a boy of twelve.
The two older hunters now drew their big buffalo knives and fell to work skinning and dismembering the carcass of the bear, the boys helping as they could.
You young gentlemen ought to get you one of those knives each before you leave the country.
He asked for their smaller and keener knives when it came to skinning out the ears, eyes and nostrils, but removed the scalp from each sheep without making a cut which showed through the skin.
A collection of cross-bows, arrows, and knives recalled a Febrer, captain of a corvette belonging to the king, who made a voyage around the world near the close of the eighteenth century.
This "equipment" consisted of the pistols and knives which the boys carried as a testimony of citizenship.
Undoubtedly it was one of the knives or pistols made by the ironworkers of the island; the inseparable companion of every Ivizan youth.
Pistols and knives were drawn in every direction; but so sudden was the fight that nobody seemed to know where to aim or strike.
The Cylinder and Knives are protected by an adjustible guard plate, thus allowing only the heads to pass to the Knives, retaining the head, and the head only--thus leaving the stalk to enrich the soil.
The shop knives cut far better than pocket knivescould do, and the stone was at hand for sharpening.
Then we can sharpen our knives right on the spot and cut bark faster.
I can spare half a dozenknives from the shop that are better than anything you carry in your pockets.
Round this we sat, attacking it with our jack-knives and teeth, and with the appetite of young lions, and sent back an empty kid to the galley.
We were informed of this, and loaded our arms and kept strict watch on board through the night, and were careful not to let the convicts get our knives from us when on shore.
Marline-spikes were not to be found; knives wanted a prodigious deal of sharpening, and, generally, three or four were waiting round the grindstone at a time.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "knives" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: cutlery; fork; knife; silver; silverware; spoon; tableware
