Example Sentences

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I knew, of course, that the Lord-Lieutenant had to confirm all death-sentences in Ireland.

From The Days Before Yesterday by Hamilton, Frederick Spencer, Lord

Her pride at diagnosing people's ills and pronouncing their death-sentences was almost professional.

From The Blood Red Dawn by Dobie, Charles Caldwell

Flowers from whose leaves death-sentences are shed, Good Emperor Franz is like these specimens.

From L'Aiglon by Rostand, Edmond

And surely the judges there pass no death-sentences!

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

The inclosures consist of the seven death-sentences, one of which has already been given, and the following lists, which show a number of glaring errors.

From Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. by Pittenger, William