The fire was burning beautifully in the bucket, the tin had been scoured with sand and well washed, large ivy leaves had been picked to serve as plates, and the company had their penknives ready.
Eight penknives prodded the sausages so often that it was a wonder they were not all chopped to pieces before they were done.
Penknives are hardened by heating the blade red hot, and dipping them into water up to the shoulder.
Penknives are generally forged by a single hand, with the hammer and the anvil simply.
The boys separated into groups of two, some reading or glancing over the illustrated magazines, others talking in low voices, flipping penknives or whittling.
The whistles, drinking cups and penknives were safely stowed away in trouser pockets.
The only furniture consisted of two deal chairs and a table, on which various inscriptions made by penknivesbetokened the patience and zeal of former visitors.
Why, we have more penknives and broad-cloth than we know what to do with.
At this question my companion stared, and said, "Penknives and broad-cloth, did you say?
To represent the jaws of a theraphosid spider the penknivesmust be arranged differently.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "penknives" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
