It was far more likely that the blade would break.
In most cases, the blade must come into contact and break the skin of the person being healed.
The blade bit deep into the creature's arm, but did not break the bone.
It fell over as his blade broke through the knee.
For a moment he thought the blade would break, but it held, and he was through to the other side.
Blade would have broken into a run, except that he didn't dare stand out too much from the crowd.
A rifle went off overhead as Blade broke into the open.
There was a ringing crack as her blade broke his in half.
"Tell me, Joachim, as one friend to another, what would you have done if my blade had broken?"