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crucify

[kroo-suh-fahy] / ˈkru səˌfaɪ /




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Widower Reg Harris, 85, said giving up driving would "absolutely crucify" his lifestyle.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2025

She added that she felt like “everybody’s trying to crucify me” for her relationship with Combs and that she needed to “take a break and focus on what’s important” when the allegations came down.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2024

She said she’s careful about talking about her symptoms or posting online about them because “If you say one thing on social media that you got some kind of symptom they would crucify me.”

From Seattle Times Feb. 1, 2024

“I told him: ‘I’m praying for you but we need you, so don’t crucify yourself,’” the sister, Ms. Syombua, said.

From New York Times May 14, 2023

“He does even worse things than crucify people,” Oscar tells us one time.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

I was born for the purpose that crucifies your mind,

From New York Times Apr. 28, 2023

James Glickson New York City It is sacrificial slaughter when society crucifies its best leaders on a cross of impossibly high standards.

From Time Magazine Archive

The man who is afraid to follow desire crucifies his life and stunts his growth.

From Happiness and Marriage by Elizabeth Towne

Plainly he had fallen into that stern Puritan mood, which not only crucifies the affections and lusts of him who harbours it, but is often a cause of disturbed digestion to his friends.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by John Tyndall

"Whosoever receiveth you receiveth Me," and it follows that whosoever crucifies you crucifies Me.

From The Great Discovery by Norman Maclean

A woman whose dead father was discovered at an undertaker's three months after his funeral says her hellish ordeal has "crucified" her.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Israeli security forces imposed restrictions on access to the Holy Sepulchre in annexed east Jerusalem, where Christians believe Jesus Christ was crucified, buried and rose from the dead.

From Barron's Apr. 5, 2026

The crucified Christ has been taken down from the cross, but there is no cross, no ladder—only a single cloud and a tiny sliver of earth to ground the composition.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 27, 2026

It’s probably a coincidence that O’Connor was 33 years old when he was cast in the role, the same age that Jesus Christ was crucified.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 25, 2025

I liked the stained glass in the sanctuary, even though crucified Jesus was really bloody, too bloody for stained glass, I thought, all those red and magenta pieces filtering sunlight.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth

Outside the conference, protest organiser Caroline Graham told the BBC that the government's current policies were "crucifying" farmers.

From BBC Jan. 9, 2025

Drake's music sounds more in line with the current culture so persistent in crucifying women for their mere existence or agency.

From Salon Oct. 11, 2023

“It was the most crucifying pain,” Mr. Nadery recalled.

From New York Times Dec. 24, 2021

“The open/close strategy is crucifying businesses,” Michael Kill, chief executive of the Night Time Industries Association.

From Washington Times Dec. 21, 2021

The letter to the editor crucifying her husband had hurt her terribly.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger




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