Example Sentences

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What she heard: "They have slain the Earl of Moray, and Lady Mondegreen."

From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2013

On the one hand, this was Oswald we were talking about - a man who may have slain a political leader and irrevocably altered world history.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2013

They've had a knack for making the right calls--and have slain a stream of well-funded companies that tried to move into the online-auction space.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week, in that ancient city of Lebanon, where St. George is supposed to have slain his dragon, a winter sun beat fiercely on old walls radiant with purple bougainvillaea and flaming crimson poinsettias.

From Time Magazine Archive

“I have slain a giant, boy. Why should I fear some flea-ridden northman who paints one on his shield?”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin