Lance

//lɑːns//

"Lance" in a Sentence (16 examples)

The tongue wounds more than a lance.

Somewhere in La Mancha, in a place whose name I do not wish to recall, there lived not long ago a nobleman. To his name he had a lance in its sheath, an old leather buckler, a scrawny workhorse and a greyhound that scurried about.

Claire spun back toward Loren and Lance.

When you “lance un chameau” or throw a camel in the Democratic Republic of Congo, you have made a spelling mistake.

This is a lance.

The knight had a blue pennon hanging from the end of his lance.

Lance, a black fellow from Barbados, became a friend in my university, UBC. He had advanced mathematical abilities, and it was not just in high-level calculus. He became a "pet student" of some mathematics professors in ancient ivy-covered buildings.

I believe in intellectuals, especially represented by my intellectual friends, the ufologist Bratislav from a Croatian family, the sci-fi fan Don from Hong Kong, the epicurist Jai from a Hindu family, and the mathematician Lance from the Black Caribbean.

A recent contest in Angola, Indiana, consisted of a series of events to display skill of arms and horsemanship, such as spearing rings onto a lance or splitting a cabbage in half with a sword while riding at full speed.

It is believed that on this day, Goddess Parvati presented a lance to Lord Murugan to vanquish the demon army of Tarakasura and combat their evil deeds.

Thy brother’s blood the thirsty earth hath drunk, Broach’d with the steely point of Clifford’s lance[…]

The head of the lance was commonly of the leaf form, and sometimes approached that of the lozenge; it was very seldom barbed, although this variety, together with the others, appears upon the Bayeux Tapestry.

What will you do, good greybeard? Break a lance, And run a-tilt at Death within a chair?

Seiz'd the due Victim, and with Fury lanch'd Her Back

to lance a vein or an abscess

He lanced my drink and spiked it!

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.