hangman

Example Sentences

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Even the widely despised Chun escaped the hangman.

From Washington Times • Apr. 10, 2023

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

A notebook and other items belonging to Britain's most famous hangman has sold at auction for £20,000.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2019

For the sailor and the hangman, it had been indispensable in the past, the narrator declared.

From Washington Post • Aug. 8, 2018

We’ve used up all our paper playing hangman, and my pencil is down to a nub.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder