crucify
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Widower Reg Harris, 85, said giving up driving would "absolutely crucify" his lifestyle.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2025
“I thought they were gonna crucify me!” said Massry.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2024
She added that she felt like “everybody’s trying to crucify me” for her relationship with Combs and that she needed to “take a break and focus on what’s important” when the allegations came down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2024
“I told him: ‘I’m praying for you but we need you, so don’t crucify yourself,’” the sister, Ms. Syombua, said.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2023
“He does even worse things than crucify people,” Oscar tells us one time.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
I was born for the purpose that crucifies your mind,
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
James Glickson New York City It is sacrificial slaughter when society crucifies its best leaders on a cross of impossibly high standards.
From Time Magazine Archive
Plainly he had fallen into that stern Puritan mood, which not only crucifies the affections and lusts of him who harbours it, but is often a cause of disturbed digestion to his friends.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
I insist that you are my wife, because it crucifies me to think otherwise.
From The Harvester by Stratton-Porter, Gene
The man who is afraid to follow desire crucifies his life and stunts his growth.
From Happiness and Marriage by Towne, Elizabeth
Even the thief crucified alongside him, in the final minutes of his life, with nothing to offer and everything to repent, received the same promise: today you will be with me in paradise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
"It's the very beginning of Baroque painting, depicting a crucified Christ, isolated, luminous and standing out vividly against a dark and threatening sky," he said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 30, 2025
It’s probably a coincidence that O’Connor was 33 years old when he was cast in the role, the same age that Jesus Christ was crucified.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
It marks the discovery of the cross Jesus was crucified on, according to Ethiopian Orthodox Christian tradition.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2024
Sister Loretta was still staring balefully at the crucified redeemer.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
“The open/close strategy is crucifying businesses,” Michael Kill, chief executive of the Night Time Industries Association.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 21, 2021
“Instead of out-casting and almost crucifying a personality, you say: ‘Okay, this guy is different, let’s act a certain way, let’s not treat him like a Roger Federer or like a Marin Cilic.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 2, 2021
"To young people just starting a career, it's crucifying."
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2021
“We didn’t have some preconceived idea about crucifying Michelle,” said John Stauffer, one of the two American studies professors.
From New York Times ● Sep. 13, 2017
The letter to the editor crucifying her husband had hurt her terribly.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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