burn at the stake

Example Sentences

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When Ms. Friedan, during a debate at Indiana University in 1973, recommended that she burn at the stake, Mrs. Schlafly replied in an even voice that she was pleased Ms. Friedan had said that because, she said, the comment had made it plain to the audience just how intolerant “intemperate, agitating proponents of the E.R.A.” were.

From New York Times

It’s not so much about watching her burn at the stake, but the reactions of people around her.

From Time

We even have Roose’s very pregnant wife, a thorn in Ramsay’s side. Add to this list Gilly and her baby, and the Queen Selyse and her daughter Shireen, who Melisandre wants to burn at the stake.

From Forbes

We have lighted a fire to purify, not to burn at the stake.

From Project Gutenberg

It is the religion of love: and a man may speak with a seraph's burning tongue to defend Christianity; he may give his goods to feed the poor in obedience to the precepts of Christianity; he may even burn at the stake rather than renounce Christianity as his intellectual creed; but if he does not love, he is no Christian.

From Project Gutenberg