slay
verb (used with object)
to kill by violence.
is slaying
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present progressiveof slay (3rd person singular).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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He is here, as he has always been, because he is slaying someone else’s ghosts: all of Argentina’s near misses, all of its disappointments, all of its years of want.
From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2021
In that sense at least, Dorian Electra is slaying.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 12, 2019
The 2017 Grammy Award nominations are in — and the Beyhive should be happy, ’cuz Beyoncé is slaying, with nine nominations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2016
A bravo's trade is slaying; but the world has never respected bravos more than merchants: the reason it honours the soldier is, because he holds his life at the service of the State.
From Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy by John Ruskin
"Friends," answered the afflicted giant, "Noman is slaying me by guile, neither by force."
From Stories from the Odyssey by H. L. (Herbert Lord) Havell
