unsheaths

In the end, Keesh, who has returned to the violent ways of his people, unsheaths his knife as Su-Su bares her neck.

“And must I. . .who am weary, travel always your trail until I die?” 2008

Then he unsheaths his claws and starts kneading my chest with them.

What Duncan did that was so bad « knitnut.net 2008

Rather than press home his successful attack on Aphrodite, Diomedes unsheaths his sword and prepares to decapitate the unconscious Aeneas.

Ilium Simmons, Dan 1981

Like most of his countrymen, he carries an exceedingly long knife, which he frequently unsheaths and brandishes in the faces of those who are unfortunate enough to awaken his choler.

Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society George Henry Borrow 1842

Every nation in negotiating has its right hand upon the hilt of its sword, and at intervals playfully unsheaths a little of its gleaming blade.

Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers — Volume 2 Thomas De Quincey 1822

Every nation in negotiating has its right hand upon the hilt of its sword, and at intervals playfully unsheaths a little of its gleaming blade.

Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers Thomas De Quincey 1822

If I’m sitting at the computer and he doesn’t want me there, he harasses me for awhile and then he reaches up, unsheaths his lethal claws, and pierces the back of my shirt and my topmost layer of skin.

Duncan: Zen philosopher « knitnut.net 2008