Example sentences for: headless

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

  • Not to mention poor Nearly Headless Nick, the ghost who's not allowed to ride in the wild headless chase because the ax that did him in was too blunt and left a flap of skin on his neck.

  • Destroyed at the end of the 14th century, its sand and brick still preserve the haunting outlines of a great city that stretched for a mile, with a Buddhist temple and headless statues at the center.

  • Burton's take on Washington Irving's legendary headless horseman is one of the great nightmare images in movies.

  • Army records show that when the remains of Japanese soldiers killed in the Mariana Islands were repatriated in 1984, some 60 percent of the corpses were headless.

  • Gigantic stone sculptures of animals, birds, generals, and (now headless) ambassadors line the Royal Way to this tomb, but its entrance remains sealed.


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