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
• The victims were lured to a park and attacked with machetes, knives and clubs.
  — Fox News, 15 Sep. 2018
• 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
• Williams in the video appeared to have speared one of the flags with his machete, and waved it in the air attached to the end of his weapon.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 30 Oct. 2024
• Also, a deputy ran up to get a machete that was outside the house.
  — Jennifer Maher, The Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2019
• When the intruder came back, Braydon grabbed the machete that was on his wall and hit him in the back of the head.
  — Christina Maxouris, CNN, 17 June 2019
• 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
• Police say, the child escaped the closet, grabbed a machete and struck the intruder in the back of the head.
  — Htv National Desk, Houston Chronicle, 16 June 2019
• 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
• In a patch of woods one day in March, another group of boys was at work with machetes.
  — Peter Whoriskey, oregonlive, 6 June 2019
• 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
• Rather than a machete, Auld-Thomas armed himself with a search engine.
  — Anna Lagos, WIRED, 2 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024