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  • It must have occurred before he received the knife-thrust, which made only a superficial wound.

    Chapter 26 2010

  • If a man, he would get the knife-thrust he deserved.

    THAT DEAD MEN RISE UP NEVER 2010

  • If a man, he would get the knife-thrust he deserved.

    That Dead Men Rise Up Never 2010

  • And sharp as a knife-thrust through the pandemonium came the agony of a stricken dog – his dog, he knew.

    When the World Was Young 2010

  • This reminds me of the time that, having fallen for the lie that a quick knife-thrust through the "skull" of a lobster wi9ll kill it dead, I jerked a long chef's knife into outer space when the tail twitched.

    Live and Let Die Slimbolala 2006

  • What I saw of her hurt me, as a sick man would be hurt whose senses were so seriously deranged that the sight of a colour would be felt by him internally like a knife-thrust in his living flesh.

    The Captive 2003

  • A knife-thrust he did not dread, but he feared Khemsa as a man fears a poisonous reptile.

    The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989

  • When he had seen those stalwart beasts in their distant pastures and watched as they moved slowly toward him, white faces shining against red coats, he felt a knife-thrust of pain as he recalled the vicissitudes he and his family had brought upon this noble breed.

    Centennial Michener, James 1974

  • If a knife-thrust or rifle bullet sever this artery, the haemorrhage can certainly be stopped with a tourniquet, but the danger remains that gangrene may attack the leg.

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1912 - Presentation Speech 1967

  • A knife-thrust he did not dread, but he feared Khemsa as a man fears a poisonous reptile.

    Conan the Adventurer Howard, Robert E. 1966

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