Example sentences for: hanged

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

  • But while he's thinking it over, Osmin goes into a paroxysm of bloodthirst, demanding that the four be first decapitated, then hanged, then impaled, then burnt at the stake, then tied up and drowned, and then flogged:

  • The order played a great part in Cretan uprisings against the Turks — monks were hanged in 1821 — and more recently against the Germans in WWII when it was a rallying point for British soldiers and native partisans.

  • The stocks also stood here and many were hanged on the gallows too.

  • For this act, Bardolph is to be hanged.

  • These are crisscrossed by numerous narrow alleys called “wynds” and separated by open spaces where markets were held, royal decrees were heard, and criminals were hanged in front of large and enthusiastic crowds.


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