How to Use execution in a Sentence

execution

noun

• The quarterback's execution of the play was perfect.
• He is in prison awaiting execution.
• The execution would be the 12th in the U.S. this year, and the third in Missouri.
  — Jim Salter, ajc, 6 June 2023
• The execution is the second at the Bonne Terre prison in nearly two months, and is the 16th in the U.S. this year.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 1 Aug. 2023
• The secret is that while the core vision remained, the execution would adapt to new thinking and new times.
  — Dave Sirulnick, Variety, 16 May 2023
• The pocket and the maturity, the style of rapping, the beats, the execution, the confidence.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2024
• The Giants have had their chances, but poor execution has often sunk the team in big moments.
  — C.j. Doon, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2024
• Along the way they were robbed, handcuffed and threatened with execution.
  — Declan Walsh, New York Times, 5 May 2023
• The real-life overtones may not be funny, but the execution is.
  — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
• During the hostage ordeal, Hamas threatened to kill the captives one by one and film the executions if their demands were not met.
  — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2023
• In execution on the plate, the food is simply delicious.
  — Sunset Magazine, 22 Mar. 2024
• The debtor's goal is to cease to hold title to the asset so that the asset cannot be subject to execution and sale to satisfy the judgment.
  — Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• The Braves have struggled at times with execution on offense, but Dunn said that will be fixed with more practice.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2023
• Instead of the 8s and 9s typically seen for execution, give them a 3 or a 2.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
• As Andy Greene’s oral history makes clear, the classic result belies the seat-of-the-pants execution.
  — Longreads, 4 Aug. 2023
• As a Jew and a Communist activist, he had been threatened with prison and execution in Iraq.
  — Joseph Berger, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
• The mass execution of 19 soldiers was the largest carried out by the Army of American soldiers in history, the Army said.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2023
• But, as with the director’s other movies, the execution is far from simple.
  — Christopher Kuo, New York Times, 22 July 2023
• Reuters reports the number of Chinese executions carried out each year is believed to be in the thousands.
  — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 14 July 2023
• The entire paradigm is wrong — from the vocabulary to the intent to the execution.
  — David L. Bahnsen, National Review, 5 Feb. 2024
• The figure did not include China, where more than 1,000 executions are thought to have occurred.
  — Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
• In a mock execution, Elward removed a bullet from the chamber of his gun and forced the gun into Jenkins’ mouth before pulling the trigger.
  — Maria Piñero, NBC News, 10 Apr. 2024
• Per the outlet, Governor Kay Ivey must set the execution date within 30 days from the court’s decision.
  — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
• The other one was a simple execution error on the other side that wasn’t anything fancy.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 5 Sep. 2023
• The deeper trouble with the PA is not merely a matter of execution or personnel.
  — Raja Khalidi, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2024
• His execution at the hands of Russian troops was caught on video and circulated widely.
  — Heather Chen, CNN, 30 Apr. 2023
• The attorney general's court filing didn't disclose the details of the how the execution would be carried out.
  — CBS News, 28 Aug. 2023
• The execution took place hours after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned an order that had delayed the death sentence from being carried out.
  — CBS News, 11 Oct. 2023
• Hamas leaders on Monday threatened to begin killing hostages one by one and filming the executions if their demands are not met.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2023
• In a mock execution gone awry, Elward shot Jenkins in the mouth, lacerating his tongue and breaking his jaw.
  — CBS News, 10 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024