slays
- present tense form of slay (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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If Evil-Lyn can stop Adam with a freeze-ray, why does she wait until he slays many of her colleagues to do so?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
Powell slays a dragon, he listens to Van Halen, he quotes William Wallace, and carves a self-portrait out of a tree.
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2025
They have become renowned for their pre-game build-up, the highlight being a video show projected onto the ice in which an armour-clad knight on skates slays a fire-breathing dragon.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2024
Colella slays her performance in one such song, the prickly “This Girl.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2022
“But me, I think instead of writing about baseball or football, I’m gonna write about a knight who slays a fire-breathing dragon.”
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
