How to Use swordplay in a Sentence

swordplay

noun

• And there’s a single blade mode, which hews closest to the actual swordplay of Star Wars.
  — Chaim Gartenberg, The Verge, 18 May 2018
• There are ten fight scenes ranging from classic swordplay to martial arts and even a food fight.
  — cleveland, 2 May 2022
• Though hardly a heart-thumping action pic, a few scenes of swordplay make the most of that precious Tatara steel.
  — John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 June 2017
• The rift leads to scheming and swordplay aplenty, with some time left over for old-fashioned bodice-ripping trysts.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 26 May 2017
• Hour-long martial arts lessons are offered by iaidō and kendo masters, styles that are both heavy on swordplay.
  — Richard Morgan, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Apr. 2021
• The swordplay, the heroes and villains all fascinate him.
  — Jennifer Jhon, South Florida Parenting, 5 June 2017
• Much of the character’s swordplay involves her efforts to protect the crown prince, played by Park Hyung-sik.
  — Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
• As a few men mark the swordplay with wooden batons, the other cast members look on placidly.
  — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2021
• Lay waste to crooks with gunfire and swordplay in this unique, third-person shooter from the makers of Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden.
  — PCMAG, 19 Jan. 2023
• In keeping with such nonsense, there’s also lots of swordplay.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2021
• There is a lot of awesome swordplay, sweatiness and chest-thumping (thank the gods for Stephen Dorff, who plays Theseus’ comrade at arms Stavros).
  — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 11 Nov. 2011
• The game features brutal action, with a strong focus on swordplay.
  — Gabriel Zamora, PCMAG, 29 Apr. 2022
• Later in the dinner, knight appears in armor to defend her honor and Kuhl engages the knight in swordplay.
  — Ronald W. Erdrich, The Seattle Times, 24 Dec. 2017
• Bran has been warging into Hodor and practicing with his body, because Bran had been trained in swordplay.
  — James Hibberd, EW.com, 7 Oct. 2020
• Above all, though, Ghost of Tsushima’s balletic swordplay is the game’s standout feature.
  — Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 22 Dec. 2020
• The play, which tells of the origins of the friendship between D’Artagnan and the Three Musketeers, is full of action with 50-minutes worth of fight scenes ranging from classic swordplay to martial arts and even a food fight.
  — cleveland, 12 May 2022
• But the fact that this seemingly unbalanced swordplay is available as an option is hard to ignore.
  — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 7 Dec. 2020
• This is so much more real, and more engaging, than most VR games’ phantom climbing or phantom swordplay, which still feels to me like eerie pantomime.
  — Adrienne So, WIRED, 10 Mar. 2023
• That whole dance number where the VKs battle enchanted knights is impressive, but again Boyce wins with Carlos’ swordplay.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2019
• Christopher Frater, a 29-year-old knight of Medieval Times, says muscle memory kicked in after his weeks without swordplay.
  — Nick Rallo, Dallas News, 7 Aug. 2020
• But Reiner bucked that tradition, insisting that Elwes and Patinkin do all the swordplay themselves.
  — Michele Wojciechowski, HWD, 9 Oct. 2017
• This is the 26th year for the fest, which includes period entertainment, such as jousting, swordplay, magic, music and more.
  — Phil Marty, chicagotribune.com, 10 May 2017
• There are a couple of neat monsters, including one that looks like a whole school of anglerfish jammed together, and a bit of entertaining swordplay.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Dec. 2022
• The swordplay began about 3:11 p.m. Thursday when police received reports of a man on Gilman street west of the railroad tracks, slashing tents belonging to the homeless and threatening occupants with the lengthy blade.
  — Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2017
• This wouldn’t necessarily be a problem if the level of the action — the fighting, the swordplay, the choreography — ever approached the mythic or even just the mildly impressive.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 23 July 2021
• What stuck out to me most was how much back swordplay there was between Apple and the analysts over Apple's outlook and the underpinnings of its profits: average selling price and gross margins.
  — WSJ, 26 July 2016
• But they weren’t always helped by the staging, particularly when sophomoric swordplay was involved.
  — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
• Violence includes frequent swordplay, fights against monsters and a bloody battlefield with many dead bodies.
  — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2022
• Because of his background in dance, Curran fills the stage with dancing, swordplay, fighting and whimsical movement, which is a refreshing contrast to the usual stand-and-deliver style of many opera stagings.
  — Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Oct. 2017
• Maisie plays the rebellious and spirited Arya, a master at swordplay, while Sophie’s Sansa is quietly powerful and queenly.
  — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 14 July 2017

Last Updated: 18 Aug 2024