He kept rushing the matador, who always slipped smartly and gracefully aside in time, waiting for a sure chance; and at last it came; the bull made a deadly plunge for him - was avoided neatly, and as he sped by, the long sword glided silently into him, between left shoulder and spine - in and in, to the hilt.

A Horse's Tale by Twain, Mark View in context

If you'll stop to lunch I'll prove you this time travelling up to the hilt, specimen and all.

The Time Machine by Wells, H.G. View in context

But the boy had learned in that brief second a use for his sharp and shining toy, so that, as the tearing, striking beast dragged him to earth he plunged the blade repeatedly and to the hilt into its breast.

Tarzan of the Apes by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

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