- present participle of slay.
slaying
Example Sentences
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A Las Vegas jury on Monday found a onetime Compton gang leader guilty in the slaying of rapper Tupac Shakur, marking a turning point in a murder mystery that captivated the public’s attention for decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Her slaying shocked the world and put Malta, the European Union's smallest member state, in the spotlight over its apparent rule-of-law failings.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Defense attorney Michael Sanft argued Davis’s book was a self-aggrandizing fiction designed to profit from Tupac’s historical slaying and insisted there was little evidence to corroborate his client’s written claims.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Mr. Staiti says that McCrea’s slaying was reported in “dozens of newspapers,” from Boston to Charleston.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025
‘In the language of Orthanc help means ruin, and saving means slaying, that is plain. But we do not come here to beg.’
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
