Sir John Comyn was honored in his death, for the sword of the Bruce was too worthy a weapon for the black heart of a traitor.
Some weapon had been used, and yet no weapon was there and no trace upon the body to indicate what its character might be.
It was woorali, and the reason why there was no trace of a weapon was because the blessed thing melted.
A pointed weaponof ice leaves but one conclusion possible, Doctor.
Against traitors, perpetual distrust is the weapon of good citizens,' and 'away with the prejudices of feudalism!
I will finish your work"; and rushing at the prostrate man, over whom the seconds were bending, he pushed them aside, and was on the point of driving the weapon into his body.
Saracen's weapon out of its owner's hand, and brandished it over his head.
The stage wizard is stretched at length on his back, and his wonder-working magic sword is mere lath and tinsel before the weapon of this grim supernatural actor, who has come, unengaged, to give a new turn to the show.
The "Doubter" at length concluded it was a weapon of warfare, and with this wise conclusion he dropped the subject.
The principal weapon of the Bedouin is a lance, about twelve feet long and steel pointed, and the opposite end contains an iron spike for fixing it in the ground.
You can find here every sort of weapon which the Orient has known in the past ten or twenty centuries.
A fierce Indian, with a yell, raised some weapon in the air, while holding me fast with the other hand; but his uplifted arm was suddenly grasped by a stalwart and gayly dressed chief, whom I soon learned was King Philip.
For a moment I could not tell what might come, and my hand was on my sword hilt, though I would not draw the weapon yet.
It was the only weaponof some, and if they knew how to handle it, maybe they needed no other.
For a moment I had a foolish thought that mayhap she expected us to be full of longing for the weapon play, and that to please her I might say somewhat which would tend that way.
I took a lighterweapon for Dalfin, and a heavy, short sword for Bertric, and with them shields.
Without rifle, without any weapon in a life and death struggle.
He is admired for the ready invention of a new weapon of defence in war, which is called the horguetilla, and is a kind of hook to resist bayonet charges.
He drew the weapon from his pocket and laid it upon the divan, as if he wished to repulse any new temptation.
But Gorka's laugh had terrified him so much the more as at the same instant the jealous lover's disengaged hand was voluntarily or involuntarily extended toward the weapon which gleamed upon the couch.
Jimmie kicked the weapon under the table, put his hands deep into the pockets of his dressing gown, and whistled thoughtfully.
Jimmie was across the room at a bound, and, striking his friend's arm down, he sent the weapon clattering to the floor.
Yet withal they were unequal odds, especially since their three antagonists were skilful swordsmen, the leader in particular wielding his weapon with remarkable craft.
But as he spoke he, too, made his weapon ready in the same way.
There was also a sword knot, which followed the jacket into another pool, and he decided that he must take his chance with the weapon itself.
If St. Georges could have had his way, followed his own bent, it would have been his right hand instead of left which would have grasped his sword, and he would have bidden the minister unsheath his own weapon and answer for his words.
A strange attempt; you are young and strong as he; armed, too, your weapon drawn.
The point of St. Georges's weapon slit his sleeve as, like an adder's tongue, it darted forth.
The weapon providentially cut through his garments without wounding him; and when the would-be assassins had fled, he rose and regained the city.
They acquired by their use of the bow a fame like that which the English archers obtained for the employment of the same weapon at Crecy and Agincourt.
For an offensive weapon they carried a long and strong spear or pike.
After putting the house in order, Stepan loaded his valuable weapon with a good charge of powder and two bullets, the first in its naturally smooth state, the other chewed into a rough-edged mass.
That rifle, by the way, turned out an excellently accurate fire-arm, the only weapon made on the revolving principle that I ever met with of which so much could be said.
They wear a sword which they use to protect themselves against dogs, attacking small curs with this formidable weapon with the greatest ferocity.
Yet this rifle was the best infantry weapon of the time, and it contributed greatly to the success of the Prussians.
Great as was the superiority of the needle gun over the Austrian musket, it would seem but a sorry weapon at the present day.
Even under cover the dread of the Prussian weapon became such that, as the enemy approached, the Austrian infantry either broke or surrendered.
Then he resolutely grasped his weapon and with thumping heart approached his enemy.
Once more Chick grasped his heavy weapon and began the attack in earnest.
The sword, at that time, was the only weapon of the cuirassier cavalry, excepting their pistols; but by mutual agreement these last were not to be used.
The purpose for which this weapon was designed may already have been guessed at.
And as he said this, the robber with a sweep of his formidable weapon indicated the circle of shrubbery--near the centre of which the scene was being enacted.
Walter had drawn his slender rapier--the only weapon he possessed.
Six or seven fierce-looking men, all apparently armed with the same sort of weapon as that in the hands of their leader, stood at equal distances from each other around the opening--their forms half concealed by the trees and gorse.
But again the weapon did its work smartly, and one more came down.
By this time every man had a weapon showing, snatched from wall and shelf.
What a convenience, what a resource, nay, what a weapon is the Kantian distinction of a priori rational form and a posteriori empirical matter.
Then from his side the weapontore to hurl; But fast the life-stream gush'd, he instant fell.
With rapid flight, thus Perseus shooting cleaves The empty air; lights on the monster's back; Burying his weapon to the crooked hilt, Full in the shoulder of the raging beast.
A nearer case, a more domestic woe, The loss of Memnon, wrung the goddess' breast: Whom on the Phrygian plains the mother saw Beneath the weapon of Achilles sink.
By woman-warrior to be slain, to fall By Amazonian weapon had'st thou chos'n.
Railing thus, The piercing weapon darted from the string.
Supported here, his left hand firmly grasps The craggy edge; while through his sides, and through, The dying savage feels the weapon drove.
I e'er perform'd, if still I thee adore, “Grant my sure weapon what I wish to touch.
Immediately after the visit of the chief of police she took the pistol into the sewing-room, locked the door, covered the keyhole, and buried the weapon in the depths of an old sofa.
But her denial and probable concealment of the weapon were significant to Alys now.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "weapon" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: device; edge; tool; weapon
