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

Seems that “Wheel” is just hangman, but pricier.

From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 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