crucify

Example Sentences

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“I thought they were gonna crucify me!” said Massry.

From Slate • Oct. 26, 2024

“I told him: ‘I’m praying for you but we need you, so don’t crucify yourself,’” the sister, Ms. Syombua, said.

From New York Times • May 14, 2023

"We have had parents say they want their child to go to pre-school but it would crucify them financially," she added.

From BBC • May 10, 2023

Nazaryan seemingly was trying to crucify the author rather than giving a solid review of the book.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2021

“He does even worse things than crucify people,” Oscar tells us one time.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez