javelin

IPA: dʒˈævʌɫʌn

Examples of "javelin" in Sentences

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It was one and done for Breaux Greer of the U.S. in javelin qualifying.
If a javelin is parried with a shield, and does not come through, the danger to the target is over.
Mike Hazle and Leigh Smith have made the Olympic team in javelin after finishing second and fifth at the U.S.
She used to call the javelin happy which he touched, and the reins happy which he was pressing with his hand.
They may also have occasionally made use of the javelin, which is sometimes seen among the arrows of a quiver.
It is then that Redg, Ailill's satirist, went to him on an errand to seek the javelin, that is, Cuchulainn's spear.
Instant killing of a lion with a javelin is a miracle, even more miraculous is instant killing of a lion with one arrow.
Oh, and the word javelin comes from Middle English and it derives from Old French javeline a diminutive of javelot which meant spear.
Similarly, if a javelin is seen in flight, it can easily be side-stepped by anyone with enough room to do so, and it will hit the ground and stop.