quietus
Example Sentences
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Kg5, and now, with both Black rooks hanging, a simple king move delivers the quietus.
From Washington Times • Nov. 14, 2023
Instead, it was a much quicker quietus after 19.
From Washington Times • Nov. 5, 2019
What’s most disheartening is how unspectacular a quietus it turns out to be.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 29, 2016
A storm at sea in which he saves a fellow-fisherman's life gives him his quietus.
From Time Magazine Archive
Si moriatur neatus dabit melius catellum et pro hoc tenebit quietus.'
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
