How to Use machete in a Sentence

machete

noun
  • Isikhuemhen slashed at the mat of weeds with his machete and pulled it back.
    — Andrew Kornylak, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 May 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 day a gang member walked in with a machete.
    — Archana Shrestha, Time, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The man didn’t want to press charges against the man who had hit him with the machete.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 9 Jan. 2021
  • The victim in that case was struck with the dull side of a machete.
    — Mark Pratt, Star Tribune, 18 Mar. 2021
  • He was taken to the town’s square, where he was killed with a machete.
    — Susan Abad and Nicholas Casey, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Many of those killed were sprayed with gunfire and hacked to death with machetes.
    — Time, 19 July 2023
  • Those who tried to flee were shot dead, and others were killed with machetes.
    — Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The face would be hacked off with an axe or machete and the tusks, of course, would be gone.
    — The Economist, 31 Aug. 2017
  • One of the mob slashed him with a machete, then robbed him or his wallet and phone.
    — Bruce Haring, Deadline, 15 June 2024
  • Griffin can be seen holding the machete up in the video.
    — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 1 May 2026
  • Also, a deputy ran up to get a machete that was outside the house.
    — Jennifer Maher, The Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2019
  • One of the men was armed with a machete and a handgun, police said.
    — Brianna Kwasnik, Arkansas Online, 15 Apr. 2021
  • If there are areas that need work, then sure, take a machete and hack your way through them.
    — Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 5 May 2025
  • The one tribe that finishes first gets their pot and machete.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Thugs hired to kill somehow bring machetes instead of guns to the fight.
    — Anupama Chopra, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025
  • The brush is so thick, officers must use machetes to slice through it.
    — Holly Yan, CNN, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Now Busey’s holding a club, not a machete.
    — Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
  • Officers have even been forced to use machetes to cut through the dense brush.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 10 Sep. 2024
  • The walls of the jungle station are hung with nets, guns, machetes.
    — Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian, 25 Apr. 2017
  • Hacking a path through dense jungle with a machete.
    — Kit Bernardi, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The victims were lured to a park and attacked with machetes, knives and clubs.
    — Fox News, 15 Sep. 2018
  • He is often seen shirtless with a large hat on his head and a machete on his hip.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 5 Nov. 2025
  • When the man didn't put down the machete and let go of the child, an officer shot him.
    — Michelle Cruz, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Matthew Lindquist, 21, was hacked by a machete and left to die in the woods.
    — Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2022
  • The kukri is a Nepalese weapon and tool similar to a machete.
    — Anna Marum, OregonLive.com, 25 Jan. 2018
  • The bow of the boat resembles the machete or knife called a panga.
    — Terry Collins, USA Today, 5 May 2025
  • Guns and machetes in hand, our captors surrounded us and tied us to a tree.
    — Jon Meyersohn, Vanity Fair, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The next time, Walls came out with a machete, the documents said.
    — Bob Blubaugh, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 20 May 2021
  • The Ika team came from behind to win, scoring a pot, machete and flint.
    — al, 9 Mar. 2022

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