hangman
Example Sentences
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When Merv Griffin created “Wheel of Fortune” in 1975 as television’s answer to hangman, it spent its early years on ratings life support.
From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2023
Even the widely despised Chun escaped the hangman.
From Washington Times • Apr. 10, 2023
A notebook and other items belonging to Britain's most famous hangman has sold at auction for £20,000.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2019
The show that brands itself as “America’s game,” and perhaps that is fitting because, in essence, it is an awkward marriage of hangman and roulette.
From Slate • Apr. 19, 2019
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
