Slaying
['sleiiŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slay
Typed by Brandon
Examples
- 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.
Typist: Miranda