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
His sensitive eyes gazed gravely at the surrounding faces, swerved up to the shadowy hangman, then downward to his own manacled hands.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
