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spears

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for spears.

Editorial note

Fighting an opponent using AI is like fighting a modern army with spears because you think guns are evil.

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Quick take

An unincorporated community in Jessamine County, Kentucky, United States.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of spears gathered in one view.

noun

An unincorporated community in Jessamine County, Kentucky, United States.

noun

An English surname transferred from the nickname.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for spears.

noun

An unincorporated community in Jessamine County, Kentucky, United States.

noun

An English surname transferred from the nickname.

Example sentences

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Fighting an opponent using AI is like fighting a modern army with spears because you think guns are evil.

2

Wars will always happen be it with machetes or spears or with billion dollar aircraft systems.

3

When the stars threw down their spears, And watered heaven with their tears, Did he smile his work to see?

4

If you have guns and your opponents have spears, it doesn't matter how fierce they are.

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Once you get past the Britney Spears and Timbaland Top 20, things start looking up.

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Where would we be today if cavemen decided spears are good enough so let's just stop there.

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I've read of theories that ancient man's brain development came so quickly because we learned to throw spears at prey.

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I remember seeing an article about chimps hunting bushbabies with spears at least five years ago.

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In fact, pop music around the world has been shaped and written by Swedish producers and writers, everything from Brittany Spears to Katy Perry.

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I wonder what would happen if a 'village' of chimps attack humans with spears:) hellfire?

11

This is similar to how the Athenians eventually defeated the Spartans by never engaging them in close combat and raining arrows and spears on them.

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We nearly doubled our brain size in a very short time period (anthropologically speaking.) It was thought that it resulted from developing a sense of lay calculus by throwing the spears.

Quote examples

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You've never heard Britney Spears' "Hit Me Baby" until you've heard it played on 192 air valves.

2

Excerpt from the article, "The researchers noted that female adult chimps made and used spears more often than adult males.

3

"If you have guns and your opponents have spears..." Sure, in an extremely asymmetric war, the folks with the missiles can relax the fierceness a bit.

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Does it count if it’s not classifiable as “writing.” If people paint a cave and we understand they were talking about hunting aurochses with spears, then we know there were some people here that hunted aurochses with spear.

Proper noun examples

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And even then that was a short lived revolution which gave way to the Spice Girls and Britney Spears.

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My point is, the tightness of the peak might have nothing to do with Ms Spears.

3

How else would you explain cancer, obesity, and Britney Spears's child custody battle?

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use spears in a sentence?

Fighting an opponent using AI is like fighting a modern army with spears because you think guns are evil.

What does spears mean?

An unincorporated community in Jessamine County, Kentucky, United States.

What part of speech is spears?

spears is commonly used as noun.