slayer

Example Sentences

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Despite the enthusiasm around the project, which would have introduced Ryan Kiera Armstrong as the new slayer alongside Gellar’s Buffy, Gellar pointed to at least one very vocal detractor.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

Saint George is widely known as Christianity's most famous dragon slayer and is commonly depicted as a warrior holding a lance.

From Science Daily • Feb. 2, 2026

All states have some form of a slayer rule that prevents killers from inheriting from their victims.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2025

Slayer rules come into play whenever someone who would otherwise inherit assets from an estate is convicted of or found liable for murder, and the slayer is entitled to inherit from the victim.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2025

Angering a twenty-foot-tall drakon slayer probably wasn’t a wise strategy, but Percy was dying.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan