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
Mexico has abolished capital punishment and typically does not extradite citizens who could be put to death under U.S. law.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2025
In 2003, Texas put to death twenty-four inmates—or just 5 per cent of the nearly 500 inmates on its death row during that time.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
