beheading

Example Sentences

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Leo's visit, which is expected to focus on interfaith dialogue, comes 30 years after the beheading of seven French Trappist monks from a monastery during the 1990s civil war.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

Osbourne retells the infamous story of orally beheading an unsuspecting bat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

If he can pull off that trick, though, he will prove himself more akin to Charles II who restored the monarchy 11 years after his father’s beheading.

From Seattle Times • May 5, 2023

The letters date from 1578 to 1584, a few years before Mary's beheading 436 years ago - on 8 February, 1587.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2023

They popped out of the walls and tables to do a bit of formation gliding; Nearly Headless Nick, the Gryffindor ghost, had a great success with a reenactment of his own botched beheading.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling