Example Sentences
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He also referred to a 14th century predecessor who had been beheaded, adding: "I hope not literally."
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2024
There has been no evidence that children were beheaded on Oct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2024
They came for a seminar about Qiu Jin, a Chinese feminist poet and revolutionary who was beheaded more than a century ago for conspiring to overthrow the Qing dynasty.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
Ever since King Charles I tried to arrest lawmakers in 1642 - and ended up deposed, tried and beheaded — the monarch has been barred from entering the House of Commons.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 6, 2023
He beheaded the dried blooms of a hydrangea bush.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
