Slain is an English word with synonyms like dead. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Slain meaning
past participle of slay
Synonyms of Slain
Using Slain
- The main meaning on this page is: past participle of slay
- Useful related words include: dead.
- In the example corpus, slain often appears in combinations such as: the slain, of slain, slain in.
Context around Slain
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Slain
- In this selection, "slain" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, mother, old, foe, los, victory and 1942 stand out and add context to how "slain" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 18 were slain and dozens and are the slain permeates the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "slain" sits close to words such as afforded, auckland and baroque, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with slain
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
How were you related to the slain soldier? (8 words)
A cockpit referee was also slain by two motorcycle-riding assailants on March 19. (14 words)
Courtesy of Erica Lafferty Erica Lafferty, right, with her mother, slain Sandy Hook principal Dawn Lafferty. (16 words)
Victory for the Slain Victory for the Slain (1942) is Lofting's only work for adults, a single long poem in seven parts about the futility of war; the refrain "In war the only victors are the slain" permeates the poem. (41 words)
A US woman known as the "suitcase killer" pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy to murder her mother, whose body was hidden in a piece of luggage after she was slain in Bali in 2014, the Department of Justice said. (39 words)
By early Thursday, police did not disclose the number of people killed in the shootings, but law enforcement sources said at least 18 were slain and dozens more injured at the bar and the bowling alley Sparetime Recreation. (38 words)
How were you related to the slain soldier? (8 words)
If Balisarius is responsible for the Slain King's death, and he made Kora their bodyguard, was Kora involved? (19 words)
Example sentences (20)
Victory for the Slain Victory for the Slain (1942) is Lofting's only work for adults, a single long poem in seven parts about the futility of war; the refrain "In war the only victors are the slain" permeates the poem.
Kim Clinkunbroomer, the mother of slain Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer and Brittany Lindsey, the fiancee of slain Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer, speaks to ABC News in an exclusive interview.
A figure is slain with a sword in the subsequent plate and the phrase above the figure refers to Harold's death (Interfectus est, "he is slain").
A cockpit referee was also slain by two motorcycle-riding assailants on March 19.
Additionally, notes were found on slain terrorists specifying when to launch attacks against IDF forces – apparently orders given to the terrorists in case contact with their commanders was severed.
A memorial to Keoner Baron, 20, was assembled under the tree where she was slain in the Home Depot parking lot on St. Thomas in the days after her death on Sept. 4, 2021.
Aside from Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad the attack, the “moderate” Fatah in it, and the official Palestinian Authority (PA) to pay nearly $3 million to the families of slain Hamas terrorists who executed the attack.
A US woman known as the "suitcase killer" pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy to murder her mother, whose body was hidden in a piece of luggage after she was slain in Bali in 2014, the Department of Justice said.
Authorities have yet to locate Mr Brown, who was reported missing along with his slain mother after they failed to answer calls from family members.
By early Thursday, police did not disclose the number of people killed in the shootings, but law enforcement sources said at least 18 were slain and dozens more injured at the bar and the bowling alley Sparetime Recreation.
Chareda Carter, the mother of slain Simeon basketball player Saieed Ivey, at home in Glenwood with a photo of Ivey on Feb. 15, 2023.
Courtesy of Erica Lafferty Erica Lafferty, right, with her mother, slain Sandy Hook principal Dawn Lafferty.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath, the mother of a 17-year-old slain in a Florida gas station shooting, also won a seat for Congress in 2018.
Depending on which boss is slain first, the survivor will absorb his partner, giving him more damage with lightning or increased range.
Gain a +1 bonus to Attack rolls, damage, and Spell Save DC for every foe slain, up to a maximum of +3.
Haley and Scott attended the funerals of those slain by a racist gunman at Mother Emanuel AME Church.
His loved ones said that when the air raid sirens began early Saturday morning, Amar headed straight to the front lines, fighting first in Sderot, then Kibbutz Kfar Aza, before heading to Be’eri, where he was slain.
How were you related to the slain soldier?
If Balisarius is responsible for the Slain King's death, and he made Kora their bodyguard, was Kora involved?
In 2005, former Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen was arrested on murder charges 41 years after three civil rights workers were slain in Mississippi.
Common combinations with slain
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the slain 58×
- of slain 41×
- slain in 15×
- was slain 13×
- slain by 10×
- his slain 6×
- slain rapper 6×
- were slain 5×
- to slain 5×
- is slain 4×