Explore Machetes through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Machetes meaning
plural of machete
Using Machetes
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of machete
- In the example corpus, machetes often appears in combinations such as: with machetes, machetes and, and machetes.
Context around Machetes
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Machetes
- In this selection, "machetes" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, steel, ban, guns, cannot, crossbows and military stand out and add context to how "machetes" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include armed with machetes and a and armed with machetes. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "machetes" sits close to words such as accessorized, acs and adoptions, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with machetes
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Incidents include residents threatening road workers with weapons, such as machetes, crossbows and dogs. (14 words)
Weapons, including metal poles, machetes and knives were used in the disorder, which happened in public. (16 words)
Money and several weapons were seized including extendable batons, machetes, swords, flick knives and a knuckle duster. (17 words)
Johnson has also been charged with possession of an offensive weapon in relation to bleach, and the 15-year-old and 17-year-old have each been charged with possession of a bladed article in relation to machetes. (38 words)
Speaking on the eve of the sixth anniversary of Ryan losing his life after being stabbed to death in a Stourbridge night club, Adrian Passey wholeheartedly backed the Express and Star's campaign to ban machetes. (36 words)
The police commissioner listed arms and ammunition recovered to include two Ak47 rifles, two Ak47 magazines, locally-made pistol, three Dane guns, three machetes, military camouflage, charms, live ammunition, cell phones and SIM cards. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Most stainless steel machetes should be avoided, as many high-carbon stainless-steel machetes cannot stand up to repeated impacts, and will easily break if abused.
Incidents include residents threatening road workers with weapons, such as machetes, crossbows and dogs.
Speaking on the eve of the sixth anniversary of Ryan losing his life after being stabbed to death in a Stourbridge night club, Adrian Passey wholeheartedly backed the Express and Star's campaign to ban machetes.
The police commissioner listed arms and ammunition recovered to include two Ak47 rifles, two Ak47 magazines, locally-made pistol, three Dane guns, three machetes, military camouflage, charms, live ammunition, cell phones and SIM cards.
They explained that people did so to protect themselves from their enemies' spiritual attacks and to neutralise the impact of deadly weapons such as guns, machetes and knives.
Weapons, including metal poles, machetes and knives were used in the disorder, which happened in public.
When BJP Panchayat President Subrata Pradhan reached the spot to enquire, BJD workers allegedly attacked him with machetes.
Accordingly, Christians are burnt alive and hacked to death with machetes by Islamists in the DRC – and other brutal ADF methods of killing innocent Christians.
A Melbourne man has told of the terrifying moment his family was ambushed in their own home by thieves armed with machetes and a gun.
A nationwide call to hand over zombie-style knives and machetes is drawing to an end, ahead of a ban coming come into force next week.
A suspect is yet to be arrested after a man suffered serious injuries following an attack by a gang "armed with machetes" in Bloxwich.
A teenager was left seriously injured after a masked gang stormed into a flat armed with machetes and a Samurai sword.
From being kidnapped at gunpoint to a frightful face-off with "lots of game blokes with machetes", the end seemed far away but he managed to power through.
In another incident in Walsall, two teenagers were arrested on Friday afternoon after police were called to reports of people armed with machetes.
Johnson has also been charged with possession of an offensive weapon in relation to bleach, and the 15-year-old and 17-year-old have each been charged with possession of a bladed article in relation to machetes.
Money and several weapons were seized including extendable batons, machetes, swords, flick knives and a knuckle duster.
On the afternoon of November 9, 2022, Natty and Neto left school early to pick-up two machetes from Natty's house, which he had earlier purchased online.
The new crackdown comes after Idris Elba launched a campaign to prevent knife crime in the UK, including a comprehensive ban on zombie-style blades and machetes.
These include firearms, knives, ice picks, machetes, long umbrellas, glass bottles or any other item that can be used to cause serious harm or injury.
The seized items, worth N1.8 billion in duty, include Tramadol, expired drugs, and 27,540 cutlasses and machetes.
Common combinations with machetes
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- with machetes 32×
- machetes and 18×
- and machetes 15×
- machetes to 8×
- machetes by 3×
- two machetes 3×
- of machetes 3×
- machetes at 3×
- as machetes 2×
- three machetes 2×