The negotiations quickly descended into a war to the knife between the rival factions.

When tensions were already high, Jonathan proved to be a knife twister by bringing up her past mistakes in front of everyone.

The chef inspected the knife's edges before beginning to slice the vegetables.

The sculptor sharpened the metal until its knife edges gleamed under the gallery lights.

The country's economy is on a knife's edge between recovery and recession.

The climber balanced on a narrow, exposed knife edge for several tense minutes.

The skilled tanner reached for his moon-knife to carefully trim the excess flesh from the hide.

The glazier used a putty knife to press the sealing compound into the window frame and smooth the joints.

Before starting the roof repair, the carpenter carefully inspected the riving knife and adjusted its bevel to work on the old cedar shingles.

The organ technician used a reed knife to carefully adjust the tuning wires inside the pipe organ's chest.