guillotine

Example Sentences

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“Consolidation now hangs over the film industry like a guillotine, with job losses likely and the future of the theatrical movie-going experience in question,” Lauzen wrote in her report.

From Los Angeles Times

Though imprisoned after the fall of Robespierre in 1794, David escaped the guillotine and soon returned to his portrait practice and lucrative teaching studio.

From The Wall Street Journal

For the seventh time in a row in tournaments where a guillotine falls, Smith had failed to survive the cut.

From BBC

"I am on a four-year walk to the guillotine," says another, anticipating defeat at the next general election.

From BBC

“You are quite right, Cassiopeia. And, dear me, nobody is going to the guillotine! Come along, everyone. We must speak to Judge Quinzy.”

From Literature