slain

Example Sentences

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Mid-morning shoppers give the dragon, who was, of course, slain in the legend by England's patron saint, sympathetic looks.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

In the town square, people chat amiably in the shadow of a memorial to slain cowboy-hat-wearing mayor Carlos Manzo.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Victoria's Alpine region is home to a very small, close-knit community, where both the Freeman family and the slain officers Neal Thompson and Vadim de Waart were well-known.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

The author argues that Bovino’s inflammatory rhetoric and theatrical enforcement style backfired, with his unsubstantiated claim that slain ICU nurse Alex Pretti wanted to “massacre law enforcement” particularly damaging public perception of immigration enforcement efforts.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

But in the morning they went out and were amazed; for the slain Orcs were gone, and the trees also.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien