the gallows
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Webb creates an implacable sense of doom that continually builds toward the last scene, with a deadly cadence and a final staircase suggesting the gallows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Ralph Waldo Emerson declared that Brown would “make the gallows as glorious as the cross.”
From Slate ● Apr. 2, 2026
When the real-life Höss was executed for his crimes in April 1947, the gallows was built just 100 meters from this once-cherished house, a domestic paradise that operated in the shadow of an inferno.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
They said the "gallows humour" was the venting of their frustrations at working in a chronically understaffed unit.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2023
So, facing the cheese like a condemned man faces the gallows, Jeanne reached for a crust.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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