hangman

Example Sentences

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Even the widely despised Chun escaped the hangman.

From Washington Times • Apr. 10, 2023

The play’s ingenious setup centers on Harry Wade, England’s second-best hangman, on the day in 1965 that the country effectively abolished executions.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2020

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

We’ve used up all our paper playing hangman, and my pencil is down to a nub.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder