sacrificed
Example Sentences
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Sacrificed to the gods, perhaps as fertility offerings?
From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2023
“We the People owe him that debt. He Sacrificed for us and we must pay that debt.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2022
Young Guard, a publication of the youth-wing of the governing United Russia Party, also published an article with the headline: “Two Women Were Sacrificed in the Name of Pussy Riot.”
From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2012
Sacrificed to third, Blackmon was stranded when McHugh threw a called third strike past Jordan Pacheco and fanning Carlos Gonzalez.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 2012
Sacrificed on the 14th of April, they were still irritable when tickled with a straw a fortnight after.
From More Hunting Wasps by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
