hangman
Example Sentences
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Even the widely despised Chun escaped the hangman.
From Washington Times • Apr. 10, 2023
Seems that “Wheel” is just hangman, but pricier.
From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2020
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
His sensitive eyes gazed gravely at the surrounding faces, swerved up to the shadowy hangman, then downward to his own manacled hands.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.