hangman
Example Sentences
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Even the widely despised Chun escaped the hangman.
From Washington Times • Apr. 10, 2023
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 play’s ingenious setup centers on Harry Wade, England’s second-best hangman, on the day in 1965 that the country effectively abolished executions.
From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2020
She knew she sounded like Mom when they used to get in trouble for playing hangman during church.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
