hangman

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Recent Examples of hangman The death penalty has just been abolished in the United Kingdom, and all the townspeople in Oldham want to know what the second-best hangman in the country has to say about it. Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 But since taking office, the president has been tightening up his definition of freedom like a hangman’s noose. Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025 Our staff plays hangman to pass some time. R29 Team, refinery29.com, 7 Mar. 2025 They got engaged in May 2016 After two years of dating, Adam proposed to Jessica during a game of hangman. Emily Weaver, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hangman
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hangman
Noun
  • Seconds later, Guiteau is hung by the executioner.
    Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
  • That's not the executioner — that's me without a head.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Two other men, subjects of excellent Holbein drawings in the show, would keep appointments with the headsman.
    Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Even if your reality is the headsman’s block!
    Helen Shaw, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2021
Noun
  • However, this theory was later debunked when Edgar Patino, a married man who had impregnated Touma, was found to be her murderer, according to authorities.
    Mason Leath, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Marissa, who doesn't want to live happily ever after with a kidnapper, liar, and murderer, sure does.
    Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Branca is also producing the biopic with John McClain as the co-executors of Jackson’s estate.
    Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Graham King, who produced Bohemian Rhapsody, serves as producer alongside Branca and John McClain, co-executors of the Jackson estate.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The government doesn't like to as a rule, like showcase of assassin artifacts.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Presidential assassins and all this dark stuff.
    Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025

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“Hangman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hangman. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.

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