Example Sentences

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The two have a scene together that will slay you; it certainly did me.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2016

Given the chance to be both villain and hero in the space of 90 minutes and to leave an audience gulping on its own humanity, most actors will slay every grandmother they ever had.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2009

“The heart and the brain are surest. Witches can be tricky. This is the only talisman I am certain will slay Muriel.”

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

No crannogman will slay Roose Bolton with a poisoned arrow, Reek thought when he first saw him.

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

But ever Sir Launcelot waved the sword this way and that, crying out in a great loud voice, "Keep thou away or I will slay thee."

From The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions by Pyle, Howard