guillotine

Example Sentences

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“Consolidation now hangs over the film industry like a guillotine, with job losses likely and the future of the theatrical movie-going experience in question,” Lauzen wrote in her report.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2026

“It’s not like the guillotine is coming out,” said Roberts, the retired banker, who spoke via Zoom from a vacation in Paris.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

If, in 1793, you were going to visit the full-scale model of the guillotine exhibited at S. W. Fores’ Piccadilly print shop, you could hardly miss these merciless cartoons.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025

Grainne Teggart, of Amnesty International, said the act's 1 May "guillotine" had "acted as an incentive for the state to frustrate legal proceedings and continue to grossly fail victims".

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2024

I trudged back to the living room, feeling as though I were headed for the guillotine.

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon