Example Sentences

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There has to be warm water, it has to run deep and there has to be little to no crosswinds decapitating the storm, he said.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2023

“They like decapitating the tall poppies and taxing until the pips squeak.”

From Washington Times • Oct. 6, 2021

As for Mr Essama, he is now less focussed on decapitating statues, turning his attention to fundraising to build statues of Cameroonian heroes and calling for reparations for colonial era crimes.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2020

But Jordan and the United Arab Emirates are wary of decapitating the Syrian regime before a transition is ready.

From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2014

During the jubilee year he excited the wonder of all Rome by decapitating a bull with a single stroke in one of these contests.

From Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day by Gregorovius, Ferdinand