Slay

Examples

• Is a commander first to give cruel orders, and then to forgive and reward those who slay his instruments? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• You knew it before when on the cruiser's deck you saw me slay three of your comrades. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• For unexpected it may spring, And slay thee with its venomed sting, Beware! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Now would he track down the crafty Sabor and slay her likewise. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• I would betake me with them to some wild beast's den, where a tyger's cubs, which I would slay, had been reared in health. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I will slay the Turk in his pride, And his head will be my wedding gift. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• All this, it seemed, had been the property of the two chieftains I had slain, and now, by the customs of the Tharks, it had become mine. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• The Princess's guard fought nobly to the end, but they were soon overcome and slain. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in Mount Gilboa. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Next as to the slain; ought the conquerors, I said, to take anything but their armour? Plato. The Republic.
• In the few cases that get into the newspapers, are there not instances of slain bodies found, and no murderers ever discovered? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Sadly and slowly I stemmed my course from among the heaps of slain, and, guided by the twinkling lights of the town, at length reached Rodosto. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Through the dust and the flying crowd rode the victors, slaying and slaying until darkness stayed the slaughter. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• After the slaying in the _Ayuntamiento_ there was no more killing but we could not have a meeting that night because there were too many drunkards. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Tarzan thought much on this wondrous method of slaying as he swung slowly along at a safe distance behind his quarry. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• I may not wed the man who slays my husband, even in self-defense. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• It was with those Pablo slew the post at Otero. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• If any other man wandered into his visible universe he fought him, and if he could he slew him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I followed the tracks in the snow and high up I found them together and slew them both. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• While the Moors governed there, and the Spanish mixed with them, a Spanish cavalier, in a sudden quarrel, slew a young Moorish gentleman, and fled. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• He entered the Labyrinth (which may have been the Cnossos Palace) by the aid of Ariadne, the daughter of Minos, and slew the Minotaur. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• This is the man who slew seven of the First Born and, bare-handed, bound Dator Xodar with his own harness? Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.

Typed by Gus