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US
/ˈsɔɹdˌpɫeɪ/
]
[ UK /sˈɔːdpleɪ/ ]
[ UK /sˈɔːdpleɪ/ ]
NOUN
- the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
How To Use swordplay In A Sentence
- Learning to fence was the consummation of a love affair I'd had with swordplay ever since Errol Flynn first swashbuckled his way across my late-night TV screen as Captain Blood.
- It's a tale set on a set of islands which have since sunk beneath the Atlantic set in or around the 4th centuary C.E. It has heroes, giants, ogres, fairie, black magicians, high (and low) politics, swordplay, anger, love, and even a bit of sex. MIND MELD: The Forgotten Books of SF/F/H
- My introduction to swordplay was not going well.
- (Alatriste - Duelo en el Corral de Comedias) tags: manflesh, swordplay is foreplay mood: fangirl squee Cookie goodness from martha stewart.
- Conrad was a man, his skills of swordplay and defensive combat trained to their peak.
- The popularity of fencing in Tudor times was largely due to Henry VIII who encouraged displays of swordplay and who had, in 1540, given the London Masters of Defence a monopoly of teaching arms.
- Ultimately, it is the fencing, the swordplay in the swashbuckler movie, that catches our attention.
- Even boys without bookish hopes aped their careless style of dress and the ritual swordplay of their speech.
- I've been practicing and teaching martial arts for 45 years and currently hold an 8th degree black belt in jujutsu and a 5th degree in kenjutsu (the art of Japanese swordplay). Interview with Jonathan Maberry, author of Patient Zero
- Kaede's athleticism and strength showed even if I had no knowledge of the skills necessary for his swordplay.