Sample Sentences forguillotine (editor-reviewed)
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During the French Revolution, the guillotine was used as a method of execution for those who were condemned to death.guillotine = a device used to behead people
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The guillotine is often associated with the Reign of Terror, a period of extreme violence and political turmoil during the French Revolution.
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She followed the sounds and, coming to the end of a shallow passage, found Dodge, Bibwit, Hatter, General Doppelganger, the white knight, and the rook kneeling with their hands fastened behind them, their heads locked in an enormous guillotine. (source)guillotine = a device used to behead people who are to be executed by the state
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It was the first time Franz had ever seen a guillotine, (source)guillotine = a device used to behead people executed by the state
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And then we'll go to see the guillotine work. (source)
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And a court date hanging over my head like a guillotine blade.† (source)
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"Oh," said Sofia, bringing the topic to a close with the efficiency of the guillotine.† (source)
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That was Rahel being Sydney Carton being Charles Darnay, as he stood on the steps, waiting to be guillotined, in the Classics Illustrated comic's version of A Tale of Two Cities.† (source)
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"Ludovico Indian," he said gently, but firmly, "since its beginning the world has seen empires, theocracies, slave states, anarchy, feudalism, capitalism, revolutionary states, and everything else you can think of, and no matter what the variation, the bloodstained stakes, guillotines, and killing grounds remain."† (source)
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LEWIS—(tipsily) Well, now that our little Robespierre has got the daily bit of guillotining off his chest, tell me more about your doctor friend, Ed. He strikes me as the only bloody sensible medico I ever heard of.† (source)
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I mean, it was like setting up a guillotine in the public square.† (source)
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Afternoons, she dreaded the relentless downsweep of the hour hand, which at five guillotined her day.† (source)
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A million folk ran toting cannons, sharpening guillotines; Chinese, four abreast, marched on forever.† (source)
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My voice rises, and Madame Guillotine jerks her head up from across the room.† (source)
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"Persuaders" called to her from raised platforms, seeking to entice her into the Moorish Palace with its room of mirrors, its optical illusions, and its eclectic wax museum, where visitors saw figures as diverse as Little Red Riding Hood and Marie Antoinette about to be guillotined.† (source)
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And they were all set for the guillotine, right?† (source)
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