Swordplay :
swordplay
- swordplay
Noun(1) the act using a sword (or other weapon
(1) I was no ladylike girl, but a tomboy, preferring riding, archery and swordplay to the more ladylike pursuits of dancing, embroidery and crochet.(2) While aesthetic considerations are admittedly subjective, of course, I can find little in the Olympic style that even distantly resembles actual swordplay .(3) The Prince was designed so that his skills in combat, from swordplay to martial arts, are unmatched, since the best instructors of Persia have trained him all his life.(4) It may be that the pendulum has swung as far as possible away from real swordplay and is starting to swing back toward it.(5) this intellectual swordplay went on for several minutes(6) Early American motion pictures have frequently misrepresented virtually every aspect of authentic swordplay .(7) Ultimately, it is the fencing, the swordplay in the swashbuckler movie, that catches our attention.(8) Swetnam was teaching fencing and general swordplay at a time when the rapier was making a distinct change from a cut and thrust weapon to that of a primarily thrusting weapon.(9) He has had numerous articles published over the years on the sport of fencing, history of swordsmanship, and swordplay in the movies.(10) The camera swings slowly round the hospital room as these veterans of intellectual swordplay recall the ideologies they had once lived by.(11) Unless you're doing a documentary on swordplay , the swords are only a vehicle to express character and conflict.(12) Conrad was a man, his skills of swordplay and defensive combat trained to their peak.(13) While all his books are a guaranteed good read, Master-at-Arms stands out as unsurpassed in offering a glimpse of swordplay that even the rankest novice can understand and even the most expert can appreciate.(14) He also gives demonstrations of classical fencing and historical swordplay .(15) The Italians were the first scientists of rapier swordplay all through the 16th Century.(16) this intellectual swordplay went on for several minutes
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Word Example from TV Shows
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I hope your penmanship
is better than your SWORDPLAY.
Game of Thrones Season 3, Episode 10
that is the heart of SWORDPLAY.
Game of Thrones Season 1, Episode 8
English to Welsh Dictionary: swordplay
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