Words similar to gallows

Example sentences for: gallows

How can you use “gallows” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The stocks also stood here and many were hanged on the gallows too.
As a typical example, we read that the word derrick , derived from the surname of a famous hangman, was in use for centuries as a name for the gallows.
In Washington, this kind of anecdote constitutes gallows humor.
True Crime gives you sleaze on toast--a heap of tabloid bathos, a dusting of high-mindedness, a dash of gallows humor.
Much of it is a gallows sense of humor.