Again he could see that red saber swinging high; and he shivered.
The saber slipped from his fingers and clanged on the floor.
He started down the road, his body slouched forward, the saber trailing in the dust.
The Marshal shifted hissaber around and drew his knees together.
Since when have the saber and the civilian been on terms?
The sharp edges of his recent fatigue were not yet dulled, but his cuirass sat lightly upon him, the sound of the danglingsaber at his side smote pleasantly his ear, and the black Mecklenberg under him was strong and active.
Otamus rises in a violent passion, and draws his sword; Zadig leaps from his horse with his saber in his hand.
He lost his patience; with his saber he dispersed such of the populace as dared to affront him; but he knew not what course to take.
When calling for any purpose, challenging, or holding communication with any person a dismounted sentinel armed with a rifle or saber will take the position of port arms or saber.
The inspection proceeds as before; the captain returns saber and accompanies the inspector as soon as the latter passes him.
The captain may direct the lieutenants to accompany or assist him, in which case they returnsaber and, at the close of the inspection, resume their posts in front of the company, draw and carry saber.
A mounted sentinel, if armed with a saber and the saber be drawn, salutes by presenting saber; otherwise he salutes in all cases with the right hand.
In fighting a mounted man armed with a saber every effort must be made to get on his near or left side, because here his reach is much shorter and his parries much weaker.
He will then draw his saber and place himself two paces in front of the center of the guard.
To salute, a dismounted sentinel, with piece at a right shoulder orsaber at a carry, halts and faces toward the person to be saluted when the latter arrives within 30 paces.
Yield," shouted Adolphus, aiming a saber stroke at the head of his foe, "your life and your crown.
Leopold frantically sprang to his aid, grasped the banner from his dying hand, and waving it, plunged into the midst of the foe, with saber strokes hewing a path before him.
In every hot and fiery foray, the steed of Rhodolph is rearing and plunging, and his saber strokes fall in ringing blows upon cuirass and helmet.
He crouched upon the ground, holding his helmet over him, while saber strokes and pike thrusts rang upon cuirass and buckler like blows upon an anvil.
The baron could no longer summon his vassals, at the moment, to abandon the plow, and seize pike and saber for battle, where the strong arm only was needed.
The Sultan Achment sent, with his congratulations to the victorious noble, a saber of exquisite temper and finish, and a gorgeous standard.
He draws his saber (against the boatman) and strikes at him, which he avoids only by running away.
It seems as if I can still see that charlatan: He shook his ugly plumed head and dragged along his saber like a merry soldier, wishing to appear brave.
In the evening, in his saber and plume, he harangues the popular club, blowing into a flame the smoldering embers of Jacobinism.
He received the members of the popular club with blows, also the municipal officers with saber thrusts, who came to demand supplies".
He draws hissaber and seizes me by the collar; I am dragged and borne along by him and his men.
Naturally operations of this kind cannot be carried on without instruments of constraint; the Parisian manipulators must have military automatons, "saber hilts" in sufficient numbers.
Almost up to the last moment they confined themselves strictly to their legal rights, and when, towards the end, they were disposed to set these aside, it was simply to defend themselves against the uplifted saber above their heads.
They are already tried--my saberand pistols do their business.
One frightened soul fired his pistol prematurely, another waved his saber wildly in the air.
The saber that the First Consul wore at this ceremony was magnificent, and had also been presented to him by this monarch on the same occasion.
He was believed to have great influence with the Emperor; because, as credulous people said, Roustan had saved his master's life by throwing himself between him and the saber of an enemy who was about to strike him.
There are saber strokes enough for every one Trying to alleviate her sorrow by sharing it You have given me your long price, now give me your short one.
My faith, General, each one in his turn, and there are saber strokes enough for every one.
The lieutenants take their posts when the first sergeant has reported, and draw saber with the captain.
The captain may direct the lieutenants to accompany or assist hint, in which case they return saber and, at the close of the inspection, resume their posts in front of the company, draw and carry saber.
He is a very good man with the saber, and the saber he took from a Turkish officer was, weight and heft and length, the very image of the weapon he was used to.
And he drew his saber swiftly, came to the salute, and kissed the hilt.
Yet I swear to you the saber was not the reason why no man struck at him.
Every man in the squadron recognized him now, and I knew every eye had watched to see Colonel Kirby draw saber and cut him down, for habit of thought is harder to bend than a steel bar.
So we presented arms, he kissing the hilt of his saber again; and it was not until three days afterward that I overheard one of the troopers saying that Gooja Singh had called attention to the fact of its being a German saber.
He had neither rifle nor saber in his hand, and he walked to their trench alone because we avoided him.
McCullough to kill him with his saber and if it had not been for three of McCullough's men who shot him, he would have killed McCullough.
He rallied a few men nearest to him and ordered a saber charge.
Marsh ordered a saber charge and broke through the line at the north, followed by Captain Higgins and the men who had been with McNeil.
A saber with a much curved blade having the edge on the convex side, -- in use among Mohammedans, esp.
The lad saw a glint of steel and wheeled to observe the erstwhile peaceable man turned into an entirely different sort of individual, with his short saber held in his hand in a threatening manner.
Fritz, believing that Jimmie was preparing to follow without further parley, began replacing his saber in its scabbard.
In the meanwhile Blue Beard, holding a great saber in his hand, cried to his wife as loud as he could: "Come down instantly, or I shall come up to you.
Without hesitating for one moment Sherlin attacked them and charged, saberin hand.
On to the charge they went, each saber flashing in the sunlight.
The Sixth Corps again advanced, and a most desperate and bloody hand-to-hand bayonet and saber contest now took place.
Flashes of sparks and ringing sounds from the steel as saber came against saber.
Palus was even more spectacular as a dimachaerus, so called from having two sabers, for a dimachaerus is a gladiator accoutred as a Thracian, but without any shield and carrying a naked saber in each hand.
He rose abruptly from the cot, and, as his enemy stood twitching frenziedly in every feature and muscle, unbuckled his belt and tossed it with its saber and revolver to the table half-way between them.
Major Falkins waved his saber and led the way at a run toward the offending walls, and Sergeant Spooner at his heels was herding the group forward at pell-mell speed, their rifles blazing and barking as they went.
Behind the desk sat the tall officer with the saber scar across his cheek.
The officer in command of the rescue group, a tall fellow with a saber scar on his cheek, halted before them and regarded them critically.
The figure of a Saracen with a saber or club in its right hand and a shield on the left arm was hung up so that it would turn about very readily.
Strike as swiftly and as heavily as he would, he could not strike so hard nor so sure at his foes with saber blow and musket shot, as they could at the hapless youths with the dreadful armament of starvation and disease.
As the fours come into line on a trot, we see every man draw his saber and revolver.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "saber" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: bayonet; dagger; foil; impale; knife; lance; pierce; spear; spike; spit; stab; stick; sword; transfix
