How to Use machete in a Sentence

machete

noun

• The suspect left the machete at the store, the release says.
  — Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 11 Feb. 2022
• The man didn’t want to press charges against the man who had hit him with the machete.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 9 Jan. 2021
• Matthew Lindquist, 21, was hacked by a machete and left to die in the woods.
  — Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2022
• The victim in that case was struck with the dull side of a machete.
  — Mark Pratt, Star Tribune, 18 Mar. 2021
• Isikhuemhen slashed at the mat of weeds with his machete and pulled it back.
  — Andrew Kornylak, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 May 2021
• That’s when the rest of the Pogues arrive, with machetes, and tell Ward to drop his gun.
  — Brian Moylan, Men's Health, 24 Feb. 2023
• He was said to have held the machete up to the other 10-year-old boy and told him to leave.
  — cleveland, 10 Oct. 2019
• As small as the sprouts are now, a machete might be useful.
  — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Jan. 2022
• The coa, a cross between a hoe and a machete, is used to cut the leaves and separate the core from the rest of the plant.
  — Oj Lima, Bon Appétit, 22 July 2022
• One of the mob slashed him with a machete, then robbed him or his wallet and phone.
  — Bruce Haring, Deadline, 15 June 2024
• The leaves of the plant are sharp enough to draw blood, and the slip of a machete can lead to permanent injury.
  — Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2021
• What can be done with hooks that can't be done with an axe or a machete?
  — Megan McCluskey, TIME, 31 May 2024
• One of the men was armed with a machete and a handgun, police said.
  — Brianna Kwasnik, Arkansas Online, 15 Apr. 2021
• Many of those killed were sprayed with gunfire and hacked to death with machetes.
  — Time, 19 July 2023
• At what point between prison and the high school did this guy pick up a machete?!
  — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 1 Apr. 2021
• The next time, Walls came out with a machete, the documents said.
  — Bob Blubaugh, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 20 May 2021
• The others appeared to have been hacked down with a machete.
  — Alexandra Ossola, Quartz, 13 June 2020
• At the home, Jamie Mills attacked the couple with a machete, a hammer and a tire iron.
  — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 30 May 2024
• The Ika team came from behind to win, scoring a pot, machete and flint.
  — al, 9 Mar. 2022
• After work, Heid jumped in his truck and drove to the plantation with a machete.
  — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2023
• Galvez didn't specify whether the person said to have been armed with a machete was the one killed.
  — Perry Vandell, azcentral, 20 Jan. 2020
• Error 0: The sergeant tried to arrest the man, but a struggle ensued over the machete.
  — Houston Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2020
• Rogel swung the machete at the dog and caused a laceration to one of his legs.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 14 June 2021
• Borges got irate and went back to his own home to get a machete, police reports say.
  — Evan MacDonald, cleveland, 2 Oct. 2019
• The caller said people in the home were scared because the man had been making threats with a machete.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2021
• The first tribe to complete the challenge receives a pot, a machete and a flint to take home and set up a shelter with.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 27 Sep. 2023
• Urias allegedly killed one of the adult women with the machete.
  — Michelle Hunter | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 26 Oct. 2020
• The suspect got out of the car, still carrying the machete, and ran from police, Ramirez said.
  — Ralph Ellis and Sheri Mossburg, CNN, 25 Nov. 2019
• Eventually, hours later, at 11:30 p.m., officers broke down the basement door and discovered the man with the machete and hatchet.
  — Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2024
• The sheriff said the machete allegedly used in the attack had been recovered and that the parents of Ozment had been cooperative.
  — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024