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How to use slay in a sentence

29 example sentences · verb, adjective, noun

Slay means to kill; to murder. Example: “The knight slew the dragon.”

Examples of slay by meaning

verbTo kill; to murder.

  • The knight slew the dragon.
  • Our foes must all be slain.
  • Slay not your children, fearing a fall to poverty, We shall provide for them and for you.1930, Marmaduke Pickthall, transl., The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, surah 17, verse 31

verbTo eradicate or stamp out.

  • You must slay these thoughts.

verbTo defeat; to overcome (in a competition or contest).

  • The Yankees were actually slayed by two former Yankees because Rich Gossage pitched one scoreless inning in relief of Eckersley to notch his first victory.1993 April 21, Jack Curry, “Yanks’ Bullpen Falls Short Again”, in The New York Times

verbTo delight or overwhelm, especially with laughter.

  • Ha ha! You slay me!
  • "I fear thee not, thou ticking tyrant." "You slay me," grinned Cedric.1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 29

verbTo amaze, stun, or otherwise incapacitate by excellence; to excel at something.

  • Your outfit slays!
  • And even if you don't have someone to double team this look with, each costume can easily slay on its own.2023 September 19, Chaise Sanders, “50 Best Halloween Costumes of All Time, From the Classics to the Truly Unique”, in Cosmopolitan

nounSomething excellent, amazing, or fashionable.

  • It’s a public truce under the guise of a joint slay.2024 June 21, Jason P. Frank, “Who Else Needs to Work It Out on a Remix?”, in Vulture

More sentences with slay

  • George, known among Kerala Christians as the Saint Geevarghese, slays a puny and pathetic dragon.2015 October 30, M.T. Ansari, Islam and Nationalism in India: South Indian contexts, Routledge, →ISBN. From the entry Geevarghese
  • He'd bought a ton of silver to forge magic swords that would slay the Stark wargs.1999, George R. R. Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam, published 2011, page 462. From the entry warg
  • He will slay Fenris (q.v.), survive Ragnarok and avenge the death of Odin.1996, John Grant, An Introduction to Viking Mythology, page 15. From the entry Fenris
  • Find me a blade and I will slay a hundred to regain life."1928, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter VIII, in The Master Mind of Mars, ESCAPE. From the entry out with it
  • Slay not that my musk-deer fawnling, Hunter!2012, John Payne Hafiz, The Collected Poems of Hafiz. From the entry fawnling
  • "With this chavel-bone I shall slay thee!"2005, John Passfield, Water Lane: The Pilgrimage of Christopher Marlowe, page 120. From the entry chavel-bone
  • We just here to slay floppies," remarked Koos.1997, Dick Gledhill, One Commando: Rhodesia's Last Years & the Guerilla^([sic]) War It Never Lost, page 55. From the entry floppy
  • If it is to slay Ras Thavas, no!1928, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter VIII, in The Master Mind of Mars, ESCAPE. From the entry out with it
  • Why didst not thou slay the Philistine, Jonathan?1925 spring, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, scene X, in David: A Play, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, published 1926, →OCLC, page 69. From the entry aye
  • That would be something not unworth boasting about--that he, a sort of eighteenth-century David, should slay this modern Goliath.1916, John Lang, Jean Lang, Stories of the Border Marches. From the entry unworth
  • Wherein have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?1901, Bible (American Standard Version), 1 Kings 18:9. From the entry wherein
  • And with that he catched Sir Mordred by the throat and as he catched him thus he drew his misericordia to slay him.1913, Howard Pyle, The Story of the Grail and the Passing of Arthur, page 232. From the entry misericordia
  • Her breasts are sat, her waist snatched, and all the other sorts of things I could possibly say about a girl boss queen who slays boots the house.2024 May 16, Joan Summers, “So Chic, Very Chic: Trade of the Season”, in Paper. From the entry boots
  • You might be maidenless, but this Banished Knight's Greatsword replica from Elden Ring will give you the confidence you need to absolutely slay in all arenas of your life.2023 February 6, Adam Rothbarth, “The Best Unique Video Game Merch 2023”, in VICE, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2023. From the entry maidenless
  • Thus, we needn't bloodily and bodily slay a foe when we can startle, stifle, and, when need be, snuff out any flame of resistance to our will.2010 October, Haha Lung with Christopher B. Prowant, Mind Warrior: Strategies for Total Mind Domination, New York, N.Y.: Citadel Press…. From the entry needn't
  • MapleStory has brougt the desert to you, the never ending supply of sunlight and the countless amounts of desert mobs for you to slay your way through Ariant town!2008 July, “The desert is here to stay”, in GameAxis Unwired, Singapore: Hardware Zone, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 53. From the entry Mapler
  • In later, Roman versions of the myth, for example Ovid's Metamorphoses, Perseus slays the sea monster with his sword instead of using Medusa’s head to petrify the monster.2001, Dennis Berthold, “Melville's Medusas”, in Sanford E. Marovitz, Athanasios C. Christodoulou, editors, Melville "Among the nations"…. From the entry medusa
  • Other decorative touches included a red broken head of a Trojan horse, a blood-smeared wall and a black Halloween pumpkinlike mask that filled with flames when Idamante slayed the monster.2008 June 21, Vivien Schweitzer, “An Opera’s Homecoming, in a Newly Restored House”, in New York Times. From the entry pumpkinlike
  • Of all the medical monsters Peter Hotez could have set out to slay, the Yale University researcher could not have chosen a more wily and obscure villain than the hookworm.1996 October 6, William Hathaway, “PARASITE LINKS MEN IN DARING VENTURE”, in Hartford Courant, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2021. From the entry obscure

Meaning of slay

  1. verb To kill; to murder.
  2. verb To eradicate or stamp out.
  3. verb To defeat; to overcome (in a competition or contest).

Full definition of slay

Questions about slay in a sentence

How do you use slay in a sentence?
Slay is used as a verb, adjective and noun. For example: “The knight slew the dragon.”
What is a short sentence with slay?
“Your outfit slays!”
What does slay mean?
Slay means to kill; to murder.

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