lynching

Example Sentences

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Till's lynching and the subsequent activism of his mother Mamie Till-Mobley helped galvanise the civil rights movement in the US.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2025

In spite of all that, Diddy's mother recently defended her son on Sunday and accused the media and others of engaging in a "public lynching."

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2024

The country singer labeled allegations that the song or video made references to lynching or that it is racially charged as “meritless” and “dangerous.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2023

The law makes lynching a federal hate crime.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2023

Then again, I also understood that Kathy was only doing what students of my generation had done to help end lynching.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson