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  • verb Present participle of resheathe.

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Examples

  • He debated the matter not many seconds, resheathed his knife, and complied.

    CHAPTER L 2010

  • The books open, figuratively speaking, to the sound of knives being sharpened; they close to the sound of those knives being resheathed; in between there is certainly a bloodbath, but mostly the wounds are mental rather than physical.

    A Different Stripe: 2008

  • Steel whispered against leather as the weapons of the warriors were resheathed.

    Father Swarat Matt Dennison 2010

  • Then I resheathed the blade, in one of the seven sheaths sewn on the common, supple leather backing, slung now from its shoulder strap, at and about my left hip.

    Cinnamon Roll 2010

  • At a gesture from Samos the fellow with the blade resheathed the weapon, and the two guards who had held the girl in position released her, standing up.

    Cinnamon Roll 2010

  • The books open, figuratively speaking, to the sound of knives being sharpened; they close to the sound of those knives being resheathed; in between there is certainly a bloodbath, but mostly the wounds are mental rather than physical.

    Another Lost cameo 2008

  • He gathered up the horses and their gear, cleaned his sword and resheathed it, foraged for the remaining bolts, and when they were ready, helped her into the saddle.

    In Gordath Wood: Writer Patrice Sarath » True heroines part I — Lynn 2009

  • Irving knew that he should cry out — rush forward with the pry bar in his mittened hand since he had brought no other weapon except for his resheathed ship's knife — and try to save the woman, but his muscles would not have obeyed such a command at that moment.

    The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007

  • "Yes you did, " declared Treappyn, interrupting briskly as he resheathed his weapon.

    Running From The Deity Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2005

  • "Yes you did, " declared Treappyn, interrupting briskly as he resheathed his weapon.

    Running From The Deity Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2005

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