slain

Example Sentences

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Within hours, however, Hosseiny and her mother’s connection to the slain general was disputed, with his daughter writing on social media that they had “no relation whatsoever” to her family.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Victoria's Alpine region is home to a very small, close-knit community, where both the Freeman family and the slain officers Neal Thompson and Vadim de Waart were well-known.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

New supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not been seen in public since he was appointed to succeed his slain father, vowed retaliation.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

Privately, administration officials said two other slain Americans, including al-Awlaki’s teenage son, were in the wrong place at the wrong time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

He is the all-father, the lord of the slain, the gallows god.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman