How to Use dagger in a Sentence

dagger

noun

• The book can feel like a dagger that stabs you again and again.
  — Peter C. Baker, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2022
• That set up the dagger in the bottom half of the inning.
  — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 26 Mar. 2022
• The dagger came in the final minute of the third quarter.
  — Kevin Reynolds, Dallas News, 9 Jan. 2021
• The puncture wound matched the size and shape of a loon’s straight, dagger-like bill.
  — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2020
• Now there’s a lot of subterfuge and a lot of cloak and dagger.
  — Matthew Schneier, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2021
• But the fourth lead change was the killer, the dagger in the heart as far as Deer Park fans were concerned.
  — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 15 Sep. 2019
• The final turnover of the night from Hall was the dagger, a 65-yard pick-six from Rickie Williams.
  — al, 9 Sep. 2023
• At points, the show is more of a cabaret than a narrative aimed like a dagger at the heart.
  — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
• Out of the blue, Ian attacks the man and slams a dagger into his heart.
  — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 4 Jan. 2025
• V-neck cut, which is dagger-sharp and hits right at the sternum.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2022
• The iron dagger of King Tutankhamen with its gold sheath.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 Feb. 2022
• Then there were the final two daggers, late in the fourth quarter.
  — The Arizona Republic, 17 Feb. 2023
• The ball found Horford in the paint, who zipped it out to an open Hauser for what proved to be the dagger.
  — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
• On Google Maps, the reservoir shows up as a blue dagger stabbing the heart of Diyala.
  — Marcus Yam, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2021
• The knife was a dagger-type blade and the BB gun was solid black and looked like a real weapon.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 11 June 2021
• But that’s as far as this cloak-and-dagger caper took me.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 26 Oct. 2021
• Among the most intriguing finds made at the site is a 2,000-year-old iron dagger.
  — Isis Davis-Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 May 2021
• But hey, then Arya Stark came flying through the air with her dagger.
  — Lucy Wood, Marie Claire, 30 Apr. 2019
• But a dagger layup by Hayes and 3 by Cunningham sealed the win.
  — Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 15 Jan. 2022
• Jae Crowder answered with a dagger 3 to put the game away.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 31 May 2021
• This dagger has been on Game of Thrones since Season 1.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Apr. 2019
• Topping the bottles is a broken heart with a dagger through the top.
  — Raven Brunner, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
• Two plays later, Etienne found the end zone once more, which would be the dagger in this one.
  — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 8 Oct. 2023
• Even after this dagger to the heart, Dunn wasn’t willing to give up on the novel.
  — oregonlive, 3 Oct. 2022
• One was a heart with wings on her right wrist and the other was a rose with a dagger on her shoulder blade.
  — Veronica Fulton, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2022
• But instead of playing for just the win, McClymonds played for the dagger.
  — Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 14 Sep. 2019
• The two Leonard hit late in the fourth followed by Gordon’s final 3 proved to be daggers.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2023
• But that was as close the Panthers would get the rest of the way, and a Finke three with 35.6 seconds remaining was the dagger.
  — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Dec. 2021
• His steal and layup with 5:10 to go was a defensive dagger.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2021
• Wood had 21, including a dagger late that helped seal the win.
  — Rahat Huq, Chron, 4 Feb. 2022