put to death
Example Sentences
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There were 47 executions in the United States last year, the most since 2009, when 52 inmates were put to death.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
Deuteronomy 24:16 states: “Parents shall not be put to death for children, nor children be put to death for parents: a person shall be put to death only for his own crime.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025
Black was the second person put to death in the Volunteer State this year, and the 28th in the country to be executed this year.
From Slate • Aug. 8, 2025
More people have been put to death in Texas than anywhere else in the US.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2025
Soon after the king was put to death, revolutionary France was at war with Great Britain, Holland, Spain, and Austria.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
