slaying
Example Sentences
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His whereabouts are known by the loathsome twin giant worms, a brother and sister, who took over the planet Nal Hutta after the slaying of its gangster boss, Jabba the Hutt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
“In many ways, he always thought that he was Saint George slaying the dragon,” the author writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026
Escalante and his family were living at his parents’ home in Cypress Park at the time of his slaying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2025
It depicts St George slaying a dragon, which lies among broken fragments of US and Soviet missiles.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2025
There was Annabeth slaying a Laistrygonian dodgeball player, me fighting the bronze bulls on Half-Blood Hill, Tyson riding Rainbow toward the Princess Andromeda, the CSS Birmingham blasting its cannons at Charybdis.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
