But if we have this increase at our disposal, and if we have the weapons for it, .
The furniture consisted of benches; the table was laid on trestles, spread with a white cloth, and removed after dinner; the hall was open to all who came, on condition that the guest should leave his weaponsat the door.
In purple mantle lies he, and around, The weeping Loves his weapons disarray, His sandals loose, with water bathe his wound, And fan him with soft wings that move without a sound.
Most lively lads in Lonsdale bred, With weapons of unwieldy weight, All such as Tatham Fells had fed, Went under Stanley’s streamer bright.
Their simple weapons ’gainst the serried ranks, Full disciplined in war, were hurled in vain; Well greaved and helmeted, the firm phalanx Received their fierce attack in proud disdain.
Once more, I venture to point out that training in the use of the weapons of precision of science may have its value in historical studies, if only in preventing the occurrence of droll blunders in geography.
But I do dimly discern in the latter moiety of this mysterious paragraph a reproof of that use of "the extremest weapons of controversy" which is attributed to me.
It is raked alike by the old-fashioned artillery of the Churches and by the fatal weapons of precision with which the enfants perdus of the advancing forces of science are armed.
If Mr. Gladstone objects to the employment of such weaponsin defence, he would do well to abstain from them in attack.
Nor ought the attempt to confound the expression of a revolted sense of fair dealing with arrogant impatience of contradiction, to restrain those to whom "the extreme weapons of controversy" come handy from using them.
Sheol] hell with their weapons of war, and have laid their swords under their heads.
In the end the whites, from their superior weaponsand organization, won the victory.
The Netchillik, Ookjoolik, and Ooqueesiksillik tribes are still quite deficient in iron weapons and implements, and many of their knives are marvels of ingenuity.
They all carried knives in their hands, but as weapons they might as well have carried nothing.
Worse than that, he cruelly lays scythes, bill-hooks and other formidable weapons edge upwards so as to cut and mangle the poor wretches when they drop plump upon them from the clouds.
Tools and weapons were doubtless fashioned by these fighters, but for destruction; the male's attention was directed mainly by his own desires.
It was these women who played their part in driving back the Roman legions from the mountainous districts of northern Spain; we read of them fighting side by side with men, where they used their weapons with courage and determination.
You don't argue with a Nan without a blaster, and the Park Service doesn't allow weaponsin Galactic Parks.
But your passions were sustained even in their fiercest excess; your passions were the mere weapons of your mind: my passions were the torturers and the tyrants of mine.
Finding himself surrounded, the Frenchman gave up his gun and other weaponswithout a struggle.
Nevertheless the whole party remained on guard until morning, their weapons ready for instant use.
As it was dark the Rovers easily concealed their weapons in the bosoms of their coats.
Twelve hundred stand of weapons were said to have been found in a black man's house; five hundred citizens were under arms, and four companies of regulars were ordered to the city, whose barracks Alexander himself visited.
Superior weapons double the courage and efficiency of our troops, carry dismay to the foe, and diminish the cost and delays of warfare.
Very neat and beautifully finished weapons they were.
Their old tools and weapons are rarities even among themselves, having long ago been bartered away for the more useful instruments of the Pakeha; and the art of making them has been forgotten.
The corpse was washed and painted, dressed in the finest garments and ornaments possessed by the defunct, and laid in state in the verandah of the wharè, with a great display of weapons and trophies of various kinds around it.
There is nothing more foolish and more wicked than despair; overweening confidence is not more foolish than despair; both are the favouriteweapons of the enemy of souls.
By that time the household negroes had occupied the staircase with what weapons they could find upstairs.
If you are ever in his vicinity again, and send him your card, he will understand it and meet you at such place and with such weapons as you prefer.
They were met with shot after shot, but at last all the weapons were empty.
The cavalcade came to a halt and the men examined their weapons to be sure they were in order.
Having considered all this, after the mode of thinking which I have attempted to describe, he went to work with such weapons as were readiest to his hands.
He was willing enough to fight, but the weapons with which to do battle were wanting to him.
As they arrived near the scene they made a rush for the grave, brandishing their weapons fiercely and seeming to fight the very powers of darkness.
There were only a few white men in the country at that time, but assegais and other native weapons were no match for Maxim guns and European tactics.
Weapons for war, hunting, and domestic purposes are needed.
The Liberator was made the official organ of the society, and in this way was added to its other weapons that of the press.
Lay not down your weapons until honorable terms are obtained.
Whenever there is a contest between the oppressed and the oppressor, the weapons being equal between the parties, God knows that my heart must be with the oppressed, and always against the oppressor.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "weapons" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: armament; defense; munitions; musketry; ordnance; weapon
