lynch
Example Sentences
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He compared the riot to “a lynch mob of 150 years ago,” and lamented how many Americans have become “hate-filled.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2023
Angry readers wrote to The Times in response to my favorable review of the series, insisting I was part of a lynch mob: “Shame on you!”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2021
Fair and open elections are the lynch pin of our democracy.
From Washington Times • Feb. 27, 2019
In the process, it leaveth an observer ruminating on the hazards of an era of digital lynch mobs wherein one can carp and fault-find without ever leaving the comfort of one’s couch.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2018
“Oh, that. Well, to hear the Post tell it, we lynch ’em for breakfast; the Journal doesn’t care; and the Times is so wrapped up in its duty to posterity it bores you to death.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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