hangman
Example Sentences
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Even the widely despised Chun escaped the hangman.
From Washington Times • Apr. 10, 2023
The hangman will be played by David Threlfall, a Tony nominee for “The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.”
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2022
Organizers tried getting students who might feel bashful online to at least try a game of hangman or charades.
From Washington Post • Apr. 23, 2021
The Good Lord Bird opens with Brown climbing a scaffold and, right before the hangman puts a hood over his head, saying, “What a beautiful country.”
From Slate • Oct. 4, 2020
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
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.