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Widower Reg Harris, 85, said giving up driving would "absolutely crucify" his lifestyle.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2025

“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

And to explain his reasoning, Biden used this phrase: “Never crucify yourself on a small cross.”

From Slate ● May 24, 2021

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

I was born for the purpose that crucifies your mind,

From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2023

James Glickson New York City It is sacrificial slaughter when society crucifies its best leaders on a cross of impossibly high standards.

From Time Magazine Archive

I insist that you are my wife, because it crucifies me to think otherwise.

From The Harvester by Gene Stratton-Porter

The world is built up on the sacrifices of the idealists, and eternally it crucifies them.

From The Foundations of Personality by Abraham Myerson

He crucifies the natural life with Christ, and creates the new man in Christ Jesus.

From Days of Heaven Upon Earth by A. B. (Albert B.) Simpson

Peter Moody's daughter Joanne Moody, 48, who is expected to join other families wronged by Bush in the court's public gallery, said: "It's broke me, it's crucified me. He has shown no remorse. No sympathy."

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Even the thief crucified alongside him, in the final minutes of his life, with nothing to offer and everything to repent, received the same promise: today you will be with me in paradise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

"It's the very beginning of Baroque painting, depicting a crucified Christ, isolated, luminous and standing out vividly against a dark and threatening sky," he said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 30, 2025

It’s probably a coincidence that O’Connor was 33 years old when he was cast in the role, the same age that Jesus Christ was crucified.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025

I liked the stained glass in the sanctuary, even though crucified Jesus was really bloody, too bloody for stained glass, I thought, all those red and magenta pieces filtering sunlight.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth

Drake's music sounds more in line with the current culture so persistent in crucifying women for their mere existence or agency.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2023

“The open/close strategy is crucifying businesses,” Michael Kill, chief executive of the Night Time Industries Association.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 21, 2021

“Instead of out-casting and almost crucifying a personality, you say: ‘Okay, this guy is different, let’s act a certain way, let’s not treat him like a Roger Federer or like a Marin Cilic.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 2, 2021

"To young people just starting a career, it's crucifying."

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2021

The letter to the editor crucifying her husband had hurt her terribly.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger