Example Sentences

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In response, Ms Rowling denounced the invasion of Ukraine in which she said Russia was "slaughtering civilians".

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2022

We both raised pigs, and when it was slaughtering time we would get together and help each other.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson

Due rites to Venus and the gods I bore, The work to favour, and a sleek, white steer To Heaven's high King was slaughtering on the shore.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax