Example Sentences

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There has to be warm water, it has to run deep and there has to be little to no crosswinds decapitating the storm, he said.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2023

While a turret-placed ammunition storage compartment is potentially vulnerable to a hit, built-in features can prevent the same level of decapitating devastation seen in the case of the T-72.

From Washington Post • Apr. 30, 2022

Now paroled, she telegraphs her angst with sunken eyes and chapped lips; the film’s sickly yellow lighting does the same, as does Ruth’s night-shift factory gig decapitating salmon.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2021

“They like decapitating the tall poppies and taxing until the pips squeak.”

From Washington Times • Oct. 6, 2021

In a merry mood, she threw a piece of drapery, mantle-like, about Adair’s shoulders, quite hiding them, and, decapitating a grim old suit of armour, placed the helmet on her head.

From Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time by Hazelton, George C.