hangman

Example Sentences

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Even the widely despised Chun escaped the hangman.

From Washington Times • Apr. 10, 2023

The hangman will be played by David Threlfall, a Tony nominee for “The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.”

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2022

Organizers tried getting students who might feel bashful online to at least try a game of hangman or charades.

From Washington Post • Apr. 23, 2021

The Good Lord Bird opens with Brown climbing a scaffold and, right before the hangman puts a hood over his head, saying, “What a beautiful country.”

From Slate • Oct. 4, 2020

The hangman was doing a brisk trade in murderer’s wash water, but Beetle was at last able to secure a bottle.

From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman