On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Beheading. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as decapitation or execution and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Beheading in a sentence
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Beheading meaning
present participle and gerund of behead
Synonyms of Beheading
Using Beheading
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of behead
- Useful related words include: decapitation, execution, executing, capital punishment.
- In the example corpus, beheading often appears in combinations such as: the beheading, beheading of, and beheading.
Context around Beheading
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 12 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Beheading
- In this selection, "beheading" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, insolent, mercenaries, kalimantan, charles, dismembering and ned stand out and add context to how "beheading" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about a beheading and accused of beheading his father. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "beheading" sits close to words such as abdulaziz, abortive and acacia, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with beheading
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
One month later I saw people in Kalimantan beheading and disembowelling their neighbours. (13 words)
For example, in both cases, perpetrators inform the family of the victim about a beheading. (15 words)
Beheading of St. John the Baptist, Can an Exorcist Ask Demon Questions, and More Great Links! (16 words)
Chechen teen killed by police named as suspect in teacher's beheading in FranceA suspect shot dead by police after the beheading of a history teacher near Paris was an 18-year-old Chechen refugee unknown to intelligence services who posted. (41 words)
He did make an apology in a roundabout way for the ongoing suffering that my family has to endure, but he couldn’t find it within himself to say he was sorry for kidnapping, torturing and beheading my father,” she said. (41 words)
Such logic has no basis in international law or in the laws of war and would produce absurd outcomes: A killing for a killing, a mutilation for a mutilation, a beheading for a beheading, a rape for rape. (38 words)
Beheading of St. John the Baptist, Can an Exorcist Ask Demon Questions, and More Great Links! (16 words)
Example sentences (20)
Jurors were told Shahpal’s reaction was to praise the murder, calling Mr Paty a “cursed teacher” and repeatedly tweeting that “there is only one punishment for an insolent – beheading, beheading”.
Such logic has no basis in international law or in the laws of war and would produce absurd outcomes: A killing for a killing, a mutilation for a mutilation, a beheading for a beheading, a rape for rape.
Chechen teen killed by police named as suspect in teacher's beheading in FranceA suspect shot dead by police after the beheading of a history teacher near Paris was an 18-year-old Chechen refugee unknown to intelligence services who posted.
Execution Contemporary German print of Charles I's beheading Charles's beheading was scheduled for Tuesday, 30 January 1649.
A man has been accused of two escorts, including beheading one, because he couldn't have sex with them.
Earlier this month, two videos emerged of presumed Wagner mercenaries beheading the corpses of two Ukrainian soldiers.
He did make an apology in a roundabout way for the ongoing suffering that my family has to endure, but he couldn’t find it within himself to say he was sorry for kidnapping, torturing and beheading my father,” she said.
Notwithstanding the local context of the beheading, it is a continuation of the broader global trend of targeted assassination over blasphemy charges.
US President Joe Biden also mentioned the beheading of babies but his office later clarified that he had not seen any images.
Beheading of St. John the Baptist, Can an Exorcist Ask Demon Questions, and More Great Links!
One month later I saw people in Kalimantan beheading and disembowelling their neighbours.
The 32-year-old stands accused of beheading his father while the two of them were alone in the family's Levittown home on January 30.
Zambada was an old-fashioned capo in an era of younger kingpins known for their flamboyant lifestyles of club-hopping and brutal tactics of beheading, dismembering and even skinning their rivals.
By allowing Giuliani to continue in his post despite his latest felonious call for the beheading of the president-elect, Trump has fully brought America’s monstrous tactics from the “War” on Terror home.
For example, in both cases, perpetrators inform the family of the victim about a beheading.
French officials said the beheading was an attack on the core French value of freedom of expression and defended the right to publish the cartoons.
It follows rising tensions caused by the beheading of Mr Paty in the Paris suburbs last Friday by 18-year-old Chechen Abdullakh Anzarov.
Joffrey gives Sansa a necklace in season one and treats her courteously before showing his true colors by beheading Ned.
Last year jihadist Nadir Syed was given a life sentence for plotting a Remembrance Day beheading, while 18-year-old neo-Nazi Jacek Tchorzewski was jailed for four years after he was found guilty of possessing terrorist documents.
Look up Giordano Bruno if you doubt this and ask yourself if you would prefer beheading to being burned alive tied to a stake in the middle of Rome.
Common combinations with beheading
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the beheading 21×
- beheading of 18×
- and beheading 7×
- by beheading 6×
- beheading the 4×
- for beheading 3×
- beheading and 3×
- of beheading 3×
- beheading his 3×
- beheading beheading 2×