Examples of behead in a Sentence
Louis XVI was beheaded in 1793.
Mary, Queen of Scots, was beheaded for plotting against Queen Elizabeth.
Recent Examples on the Web
Protests and riots broke out in Belfast, United Kingdom, the day after a Sudanese immigrant stabbed and attempted to behead a local.
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 9 June 2026
Royalty were drawn there too, including Maria Amalia, daughter of the exiled King of Naples and niece of the recently beheaded Marie Antoinette, who met Louis Philippe of France in 1806 in the villa.
—Ruchira Sharma, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 June 2026
Crucial events morphed into massive set pieces, like Louis hunting down Claudia’s killers by setting their theater on fire, exploding the motorcycles of the vampires who fled the inferno, and eventually bursting out of a manhole to behead Claudia’s main tormenter.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 June 2026
Ned wishes to reveal Joffrey’s illegitimacy, but is instead betrayed by Littlefinger (Aidan Gillen), imprisoned by Cersei, and beheaded in a public execution on Joffrey's orders.
—Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 2026
Following his February arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office — the first of a senior British royal since 1649, when King Charles I was beheaded for high treason — Andrew was released after about 11 hours in police custody.
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026
Four Haitian women who were deported from the United States in February were found beheaded and dumped in a river several months later, lawyers said in court documents.
—Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Here’s another, similarly beheaded, on Seventh Avenue near 30th Street.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 16 Apr. 2026
Several of the women pleaded to be beheaded before the fire was lit and were granted this mercy.
—Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 9 June 2026
Royalty were drawn there too, including Maria Amalia, daughter of the exiled King of Naples and niece of the recently beheaded Marie Antoinette, who met Louis Philippe of France in 1806 in the villa.
—Ruchira Sharma, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 June 2026
Crucial events morphed into massive set pieces, like Louis hunting down Claudia’s killers by setting their theater on fire, exploding the motorcycles of the vampires who fled the inferno, and eventually bursting out of a manhole to behead Claudia’s main tormenter.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 June 2026
Ned wishes to reveal Joffrey’s illegitimacy, but is instead betrayed by Littlefinger (Aidan Gillen), imprisoned by Cersei, and beheaded in a public execution on Joffrey's orders.
—Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 2026
Following his February arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office — the first of a senior British royal since 1649, when King Charles I was beheaded for high treason — Andrew was released after about 11 hours in police custody.
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026
Four Haitian women who were deported from the United States in February were found beheaded and dumped in a river several months later, lawyers said in court documents.
—Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Here’s another, similarly beheaded, on Seventh Avenue near 30th Street.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 16 Apr. 2026
Several of the women pleaded to be beheaded before the fire was lit and were granted this mercy.
—Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026
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“Behead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/behead. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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behead
verb
be·head
bi-ˈhed 
: to cut off the head of
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