electric chair
Example Sentences
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The patent, I found, “contained a detailed drawing explaining all of the components of the electric chair apparatus and their function.”
From Slate ● May 6, 2025
“As soon as Dara and I walked into his house, the electric chair from ‘Female Trouble’ was right in front of us.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2023
The state asked the Supreme Court to toss out a lower court ruling after a 2022 trial that the electric chair and the firing squad are cruel and unusual punishments.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
But by the late 1970s and early 1980s, problems with executions using the electric chair made headlines everywhere.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2022
I plow through the crowds in my electric chair like a power mower in thick grass.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
