“Lying at their feet were two new swords and a crossbow complete with a full quiver of arrows.”

“He grunted in pain as a bolt from a crossbow tore a gash in his leg, then he plunged into the water and sank.”

“Alex carefully took a bolt out of her crossbow and held it deftly into her mouth.”

“The crossbowman, unlike the archer, did not have to be particularly strong or vigorous, and his volume of fire was not as limited by fatigue.”

“The tent flap was pushed aside, and a Venetian crossbowman backed in holding one end of Rachel's traveling chest.”

“A crossbowman sat on the ground at the entrance to the blue and yellow striped tent.”

“He quickly formed his army up to meet an attack, but his crossbowmen were still on the other side of the river.”

“Dozens of sentries and crossbowmen kept watch on the battlements, and mounted cavalry patrolled the keep walls and the surrounding area.”

“There was also a mounted element of crossbowmen equally adept at reconnaissance and pursuit.”

“The Chinese had brought new tactics to the battlefield for directing mass peasant armies armed with crossbows.”

“That's assuming that the helicopters are equipped only with anti-tank missiles and crossbows.”

“The snap of close on two hundred crossbows firing in a ragged volley was a sound like sharp applause.”