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n. The pointed end of a knife.
Usage examples of "knifepoint".
The pressure of the knifepoint slipped from my neck and when Wayman turned to see what it was the hand slid over and grabbed hold of his neck.
Maybe she should strip her next bed partner at knifepoint, prove herself her father's daughter to one and all.
Locating Kaem's room had posed a problem, but he woke a serving girl and forced her at knifepoint to lead him to the general's bedchamber.
He was climbing stairs and stumbling, he was being robbed at knifepoint by a couple of panhandlers, staggering against them, he was dropping his wine glass on the table, he was in a bed thank God, he was lying in a bath, wallowing.
The defendant, William Charles Croydon, had abducted Dandridge's sister at knifepoint as she walked from the college library to her off-campus apartment.
Imagine a comic character being held at knifepoint by a vicious enemy-not usually a funny situation.
Did a stranger force her at knifepoint, then strangle and leave her to the dogs?
But I was also impressed by the masterful way his knifepoint depicted each separate part of the whole.
The worrying part is that I was forced practically at knifepoint to take ballet lessons as a child, which means I can kick like a mule.
She smiled as she set the knifepoint against the side of his face, just over the trigeminal nerve, barely breaking the skin.