Example sentences for: slain

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

  • By 1861, even Thomas Huxley was tired of arguing with people who didn't believe in evolution; "Life is too short to occupy oneself with the slaying of the slain more than once," said the eminent biologist.

  • The last movie starring slain rapper Tupac Shakur ( Juice , Poetic Justice ) is deemed an authentic portrayal of junkie life.

  • There are also monuments honoring women in the military, the victims of the failed Iran rescue mission, the slain Kennedy brothers, the victims of the space shuttle Challenger mission, the Rough Riders, and the victims of the USS

  • A woman refugee gives reporter Jack Kelley a lock of hair she says she took from the head of her 18-month-old godchild, slain in a massacre by Serbs last week.

  • Lukewarm reviews for El Norte director Gregory Nava's reverential biopic about the slain Tejano singer.


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