Throwing dust in the eye of a swordsman is harder than it looks (and more cliche). From Wordnik.com. [When What We Think We Know, Is Actually Wrong at SF Novelists] Reference
But the swordsman is going to have a tendency to frame issues as a series of advances and retreats, parries, ripostes, feints and strikes. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Girl On Girl Action In Our D&D Campaign? « Geek Related] Reference
He was known as a swordsman the nobleman said, boasting a little; he’d picked quarrels with certain men on her behalf, and killed them. From Wordnik.com. [Wildfire] Reference
Although he didn't have quite the reputation as a "swordsman" as Milton Berle did. From Wordnik.com. [O'BSERVATIONS: THE LETTERMAN CASE] Reference
I don’t know what kind of swordsman you are, Leukon, but I’d wager Banokles would kill you in a heartbeat. From Wordnik.com. [Shield of Thunder]
Derikuna, swordsman at large -- was in a new land. From Wordnik.com. [Millennium] Reference
The Colonel rides well, and is a skilful swordsman. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 27, 1892] Reference
It was enough for a swordsman so skilled as Ringan Oliver. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of the Border Marches] Reference
"A better swordsman is not necessarily the rightful King.". From Wordnik.com. [Centaur Aisle]
Added to all this, he was an extraordinarily expert swordsman. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of the Border Marches] Reference
"I hear that Colonel Washington is a fine swordsman," said Miss. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876] Reference
The man was a free swordsman, his sword unemployed at the moment. From Wordnik.com. [Millennium] Reference
And he was the teacher of most famous swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi. From Wordnik.com. [Abdullah Ibrahim Stays Rooted to His Homeland] Reference
Only one bandit, a skilled swordsman, remained, to keep Baro busy. From Wordnik.com. [The Players] Reference
Guinevere tells the wandering swordsman she's set to marry the king. From Wordnik.com. [Sorry, Camelot It's Not] Reference
The skill of one swordsman seemed equalled only by that of the other. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
He was a dead shot with rifle or revolver and was a strong swordsman. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Allies Under the Sea] Reference
"And I, sir," he returned, "am happy to have met so skilful a swordsman.". From Wordnik.com. [The Tory Maid] Reference
She watched the swordsman draw out his weapon with a sigh of disappointment. From Wordnik.com. [Arcana Magi Zero - v.2: Megumi's Fable, the Advance] Reference
An experienced swordsman himself he had thought he knew all of the sword arts. From Wordnik.com. [The Players] Reference
She saw the swordsman diving from above with the tip of his blade aimed at her. From Wordnik.com. [Arcana Magi Zero - v.2: Megumi's Fable, the Advance] Reference
If he's as handy with his blade as he is with his fists he'll be a pretty swordsman. From Wordnik.com. [Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'] Reference
A clever supple swordsman, and to the fore in all the rough games that men delight in. From Wordnik.com. [The Statesmen Snowbound] Reference
He was a splendid rider and a skilful swordsman, but his enemies closed round him thickly. From Wordnik.com. [For The Admiral] Reference
Baber was above the middle height, of great strength and an admirable archer and swordsman. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
Equally he need not be a superb swordsman in order to get through an effective stage combat. From Wordnik.com. [The Idler Magazine, Volume III, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly] Reference
A successful duel which he fought with a Brazilian made his reputation as a skilful swordsman. From Wordnik.com. [French and Oriental Love in a Harem] Reference
The question for Mifune's swordsman is: Who does a warrior fight for when there are no good guys?. From Wordnik.com. [That Nameless Stranger, Half a Century Later] Reference
He was the boldest horseman, most skilful swordsman, and best shot in the University of Salamanca. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845.] Reference
Megumi ducked, spun her glider around, kicked the swordsman in the face, and his tooth spat out of his mouth with blood. From Wordnik.com. [Arcana Magi Zero - v.2: Megumi's Fable, the Advance] Reference
Nana used a spell that allowed her to see through the blindfold and she shoulder tackled the swordsman from out of the living room. From Wordnik.com. [Arcana Magi Zero - v.2: Megumi's Fable, the Advance] Reference
Should you think of fighting a duel, however, Mr. Standish, it is only fair to warn you that I am an expert swordsman and a dead shot. From Wordnik.com. [Bandit Love] Reference
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