How to Use unsheathe in a Sentence

unsheathe

verb
  • And when the next crisis comes, the magicians will unsheathe their wands again.
    — Sebastian Mallaby, Foreign Affairs, 30 June 2021
  • Marvel's Wolverine is ready to unsheathe its claws.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Yasuke is now able to call his mount while having his sword unsheathed during combat.
    — Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
  • If worse comes to pass, will Super Mustache unsheathe his sword?
    — Max Saltman, CNN Money, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Don't do this two nights before a wedding and expect to unsheathe your toes for the entire dance floor to see.
    — Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 27 Mar. 2021
  • Settling in beside him, the director will unsheathe the cap on her fingerless gloves.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 June 2023
  • Then, suddenly, a soldier unsheathes his sword and starts slashing at those kneeling below him.
    — Greg Grandin september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Then the ranch hands accompanying my mother and me on our journey unsheathe their wide bolo knives.
    — Alfred Miller, The Courier-Journal, 2 Dec. 2019
  • Marvel Studios keeps trying to unsheathe Blade, but the vampire thriller is stuck in its scabbard.
    — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2024
  • Henry Cavill is unsheathing the first look at his forthcoming movie Highlander.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Go too serious and risk the immediate disdain of audiences who are all too ready to unsheathe their claws at everything Strings stands for.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Gould found some melting pianissimos, and Goerke unsheathed a saber of sound that shone the way toward her interpretation of the whole role.
    — Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Caudill allegedly went back inside and came out with a Katana — a Japanese samurai sword — unsheathed it and threatened to cut off his father’s head.
    — Dmitriy Shapiro, Detroit Free Press, 17 Dec. 2019
  • Inflation rates were falling steadily at the time of those optimistic forecasts, and Fed officials seemed prepared to unsheathe their swords and cut rates.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Whenever Cheng decides to unsheathe his sword the action slows to the speed of molasses, the detailed sound design rises in volume and a flurry of clanging blades envelops the frame.
    — Robert Daniels, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
  • The idea that men in positions of high authority will be tempted, or even fated, to unsheathe a nasty edge is a conceit that, in Hackman’s hands, became all too plausible.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
  • While common decency and office dress codes require more than a few thin straps of material above the knees (even on 90-degree days) these nearly nude numbers leave your feet coolly unsheathed.
    — Rebecca Malinsky, WSJ, 21 June 2018
  • Now, with the DOJ’s civil investigative demand, the realpolitik of this merger battle has been unsheathed.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Upon assuming office, Krasner — who campaigned on a pledge of sweeping reforms — has wasted little time unsheathing his own metaphorical sword.
    — Chris Palmer, Philly.com, 13 Jan. 2018
  • As the train pulled up to the game's familiar train station, the iconic hero landed from a somersault jump by dramatically unsheathing his massive Buster Sword.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 11 June 2019
  • That argument stands as a cringey brand embarrassment for Fox News — and any litigation that forces the network to again unsheathe this defense performs a public service.
    — Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Surveillance footage shared with The Athletic shows two men walking through a hallway in the building, with one man sheathing and unsheathing the sword and the other spinning the red and white bullhorn in his left hand.
    — Mark Puleo, The Athletic, 22 Aug. 2024
  • But for the moment, with Russia and the military alliance at odds over Ukraine but not at war, pilots on both sides just watched and filmed each other — keeping their distance like wary tomcats with claws unsheathed, their missiles visible but not used.
    — ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Animals configure their faces and bodies in certain postures for practical reasons — for example, unsheathing their teeth before biting, widening their eyes for a panoramic view of danger, flattening their ears to protect them in a fight.
    — Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Miles Mykkanen’s Sam gets to unsheathe his glinting high tenor, and Lauren Snouffer’s 14-year-old Sarah tosses her lithe soprano voice into airborne vaults.
    — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Kushner’s enemies, sensing vulnerability and opportunity, are unsheathing their blades and saying unkind things about their rival.
    — T.a. Frank, The Hive, 1 June 2017

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