firing squad

“Social media is going to solve this crime,” he says, before facing a firing squad of death stares from his colleagues.

And Charles has had to face a firing squad of questions demanding to know why he left, how he could do this to us.

Even more damnably, Mother Courage has the chance to save her son Swiss Cheese from the firing squad by paying a ransom.

But just as suddenly as it appeared, the firing squad cars were gone.

The doctor checked again as the firing squad began to reload.

Many of the firing squad were nervous and their aim was bad; others had shot high on purpose—they had no heart in the work.

Suppose they took her for a spy, and that tomorrow's sun found her facing a firing squad?

At Carver's orders a firing-squad of three men stood in front of the Chinaman, whose back was toward the bay.

I'll do my best—I'll speak a good word at your trial, try to save you from the firing squad, but I'm only a captain.

One pictured a gallows tree; and, turning from that image, one pictured a firing squad at sunrise.