This ritual is typically performed by the elders, who use a sharpened knife and makeshift cattle hide bandages for the procedure.

To achieve that result, he said, requires the right combination of sharpened knife, soft wood and a skilled, steady hand.

The sharpened knife in Muck's hand slid into his chest, easy as anything, and pierced his heart.

Clary tossed him a freshly sharpened knife from Redwall's kitchen.

The hand poised against her breast gripped the haft of a sharpened knife.

This is my star group you are about to see, full of beans and keen as sharpened knives.

A tile opener against a sharpened knife wasn't much.

When Onate visited the mesa, he was nearly lured into an underground chamber where a dozen warriors awaited him with sharpened knives.

With a sharpened knife in her purse.

This she said with a cold, cutting sarcasm which sounded like the rasping of a roughly- sharpened knife through raw flesh.