hangman
Example Sentences
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When Merv Griffin created “Wheel of Fortune” in 1975 as television’s answer to hangman, it spent its early years on ratings life support.
From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2023
Even the widely despised Chun escaped the hangman.
From Washington Times • Apr. 10, 2023
A notebook and other items belonging to Britain's most famous hangman has sold at auction for £20,000.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2019
The show that brands itself as “America’s game,” and perhaps that is fitting because, in essence, it is an awkward marriage of hangman and roulette.
From Slate • Apr. 19, 2019
The men in the pub are talking about the terrible state of the world and how in God’s name Hermann Goering escaped the hangman an hour before the hanging.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
