slay
verb (used with object)
to kill by violence.
are slaying
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present progressiveof slay.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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With the modern dissemination of knowledge and of sanitary science, the former ailments have become less fashionable; there has been a run of diphtheria, and heart complaints are slaying their thousands.
From The Writer, Volume VI, April 1892. A Monthly Magazine to Interest and Help All Literary Workers by Robert Luce
At the very lowest, self-preservation should enlist all good men in a sacred war against the sins which are slaying their countrymen.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes by Alexander Maclaren
I tell you that you are slaying the commonweal by your slowness and circumspection.
From The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series by Rafael Sabatini
"And in the lowest beasts are slaying men, And in the second men are slaying beasts, And on the third are warriors, perfect men, And on the fourth are men with growing wings."
From The Gentle Reader by Samuel McChord Crothers
