When he was only twenty-nine he was fatally stabbed in a tavern quarrel.

She saw him snatch a pole from one of the men and stab viciously at a log which refused to budge; and every time that his arm rose and fell a little shudder trickled down her spinal column.

A battle in the streets would have no doubt ensued; but it was prevented by the assassination of Drusus, who was one evening stabbed mortally in his own house.

And then something clutched at me, something slimy and vile, and great mandibles champed in my face; but I stabbed upward, and the thing fell from me, leaving me dazed and sick, and smiting weakly.

One took place on the 8th inst., at the theatre, in which a Mr. Bellum was so badly stabbed that his life is despaired of.

Another man let go of Yussuf Dakmar, who was growing weak and too short of wind to yell, and in a moment there were five of us struggling on the floor between the seats, one man under me with my forearm across his throat and another alongside me, stabbing savagely at a leather valise under the impression that he was carving up my ribs.

I reached the door of the compartment in time to see three of them (two bleeding from knife-wounds in the face) force Yussuf Dakmar backward toward the window, the whole lot stabbing frantically as they milled and swayed.

The bloodthirsty Joab, as implacable as Achilles, who had rendered such signal services to his sovereign, was consumed with jealousy at this new appointment, and going up to the new general-in-chief as if to salute him, treacherously stabbed him with his sword,but continued, however, to support David.

" She explored the pot with the fork, and stabbed it firmlythere was a suggestion of ruthlessness about her action that made Simpson shudder againinto a slab of meat, which she dropped on a plate, using a callous thumb to disengage it from the tines.

Some rallied in little knots, stabbing furiously with their bayonets at the rushing spearmen.

The elected President of France has impiously stabbed the constitution, to make himself Emperor.

A tortured mind can stab even more keenly than painful bodily wounds.

He stabbed a boulder of home-made bread with it, mechanically, and looked at it as if it ought to shriek.

the prices they must pay for every needed article, until every job of work and every bone of charity was fought for by multitudes who mercilessly stabbed each other in their mad fury to assuage the pangs of hunger.

Therefore, whoever can should knock down, strangle, and stab such publicly or privately, and think nothing so venomous, pernicious, and devilish as an insurgent....

Down on Sandy Hook, a slim spear of light stabbed questingly through the night.

At the same time Bandino leaped upon him and stabbed him repeatedly in the breast!

If a solitary newspaper raise a word in favour of public virtue and private morals, in defence of the rights, liberties, and property of the community, it is denounced with open bitterness by some, and secretly stabbed at by them who wish to pass for good citizens.

It is a large fish, and carries a big saw on its head, with which it stabs sideways at its prey.

The Turks who were in considerable force, made a strong effort to hold their ground, shortening their bayonets and stabbing upwards at the attackers.

It was the knife, too, which had gashed and stabbed the face, almost wantonly; for some of these wounds had not bled, and the plain inference was that they had been inflicted after life had sped.

Then he found himself looking off the page, stabbed by a reflection which always stabbed him anew: Was he really getting anywhere with his law?

It was in heavier force than the first, and though the steady fire of the Colonials did tremendous execution, some of the Turks actually reached the trench and came plunging in, stabbing wildly with their short bayonets.

But a while since, when he bade them bring her to him, behold she had stabbed herself with her bodkin.

I am therefore in a state of nature: for, so far as there is no law, it is a state of nature: and consequently, upon the eternal and immutable law of justice, which requires that he who sheds man's blood should have his blood shed, I will stab the murderer of my father.'