Thesaurus / slaying

slaying

How to use slaying in a sentence

Bruce and his men entered quietly in small parties, breaking open the doors and slaying all they found.

At the third charge he routed them, slaying or taking many; St John, however, escaping.

Douglas now broke ambush and cut off Webton from the castle, eventually slaying him and all his men.

Thinking thus, he might even have been content to go his ways and take his fill of vengeance by slaying Florimond upon the morrow.

It was not alone the slaying and offering of sacrifice, but also the sprinkling of blood that made atonement.

He was bitter about the slaying of his brothers, Gareth and Gaheris, and would not be appeased.

The slaying of the Duc de Guise will lead to a horrible persecution, and I pray for it with all my might.

Tell them this, and urge them to be friendly; for we are not of the nature of those who take delight in slaying.

Let thy cow-slaying and thy man-slaying be far away, and let thy favor be with us, O ruler of heroes!

You want to "reform things," poor girl—to rise and lay about you, slaying monsters and liberating captive maids.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985