Example sentences for: slew

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

  • During the week after JFK Jr.'s death I heard a slew of talk-show hosts praise "the Kennedy family, our nation's premier political dynasty" in one breath, and condemn Hillary's candidacy in the next, on the grounds that she is cynically leveraging her husband's name and connections to get herself elected.

  • The paper reports that a slew of supporters arrive daily to pledge allegiance, offer assistance and grab a piece of the action.

  • In other news, the Wall Street Journal has made up for yesterday's Page One story with a whole slew of wonderful news items.

  • He, only like himself, was second unto none.Whose death, though life, we rue and wrong, and all in vain do moan;Their loss, not him, wail they that fill the world with cries;Death slew not him, but he made death his ladder to the skies.

  • Waking Ned Devine might have been a snooze if Jones hadn't stocked it with a slew of old actors with magically lived-in visages.


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