Examples of behead in a Sentence
Louis XVI was beheaded in 1793.
Mary, Queen of Scots, was beheaded for plotting against Queen Elizabeth.
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Around the same time, a statue of Columbus in a park bearing his name in Boston was beheaded in the dead of night.
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Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Walt Disney Imagineering updated the storyline of Black Widow Bride Constance Hatchway earlier this year by turning her from an axe murderer who beheads her wealthy husbands into a more mournful figure overwhelmed by the dread of lost love.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
More than 30 Christians were beheaded in Mozambique last month, with churches and homes burned down, according to a new report.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
The Barcelona delegate, as portrayed by an overly ceceando Mikey Day, suggested skipping the tiresome lecture, only to be taken off camera to be beheaded.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2025
The first two of these were found out and, unfortunately for them, beheaded, but fake news had a strong grip.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2025
As king, Shakespeare’s Macbeth meets a tragic end when civil war erupts and his rival Macduff beheads him.
—Marlene L. Daut
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
After beheading Nagamallaiah, Cobos-Martinez allegedly placed the victim’s head in a dumpster.
—Nic F. Anderson, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
Journalist Daniel Pearl getting beheaded in 2002.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
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Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Walt Disney Imagineering updated the storyline of Black Widow Bride Constance Hatchway earlier this year by turning her from an axe murderer who beheads her wealthy husbands into a more mournful figure overwhelmed by the dread of lost love.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
More than 30 Christians were beheaded in Mozambique last month, with churches and homes burned down, according to a new report.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
The Barcelona delegate, as portrayed by an overly ceceando Mikey Day, suggested skipping the tiresome lecture, only to be taken off camera to be beheaded.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2025
The first two of these were found out and, unfortunately for them, beheaded, but fake news had a strong grip.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2025
As king, Shakespeare’s Macbeth meets a tragic end when civil war erupts and his rival Macduff beheads him.
—Marlene L. Daut
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
After beheading Nagamallaiah, Cobos-Martinez allegedly placed the victim’s head in a dumpster.
—Nic F. Anderson, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
Journalist Daniel Pearl getting beheaded in 2002.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Behead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/behead. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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behead
verb
be·head
bi-ˈhed 
: to cut off the head of
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