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
Actually it was a little bit like a stick figure, like in hangman, but with more details.
From Literature
Last year’s attacks in Maryland included spray-painted hangmen and swastikas along public hiking trails, the words “Jews not welcome” scrawled across the entrance sign of a high school, and hateful words directed at Jewish students.
From Washington Post
A petition to spare Freddy from the hangman's noose received more than a million signatures.
From BBC
In his bathroom brooding raptors hooded like hangmen shifted sullenly upon their perches.
From New York Times
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