Explore Slayings through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Slayings meaning
plural of slaying
Using Slayings
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of slaying
- In the example corpus, slayings often appears in combinations such as: the slayings, slayings of, slayings in.
Context around Slayings
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 6 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Slayings
- In this selection, "slayings" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, students, 1992, brutal, news, funeral and understandably stand out and add context to how "slayings" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after the slayings funeral processions and assaults and slayings in california. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "slayings" sits close to words such as abdulrazaq, adan and adolphus, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with slayings
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
For days after the slayings, funeral processions filled the narrow streets of Salvatierra. (13 words)
The targeted racist slayings understandably loomed larger in the news than the family violence. (14 words)
Kohberger was studying at Washington State University, just a short drive from the scene of the slayings. (17 words)
Here, court reporter Martin Naylor highlights some of the other cases he covered in addition to the three-day sentence which saw the 32-year-old handed a hospital order for the savage slayings of Grace O’Malley Kumar, Barnaby Webber and Ian Coates. (44 words)
Todt, 42, was charged Wednesday with the deaths of his wife, Megan, and their three children ranging in ages from 4 to 13. The suspect had confessed to the slayings and was cooperating with detectives, according to Osceola County Sheriff Russ Gibson. (42 words)
District Judge Ronald A. White ordered Amy Leann Hall to serve two sentences of life in a federal penitentiary for the 2018 slayings of her 18-year-old son, Kayson Toliver, and 16-year-old daughter, Kloee Toliver. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Billy Chemirmir, 50, who was convicted last year in the slayings of two women, was found dead in his cell at a prison in rural East Texas, Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesperson Hannah Haney said.
D. student accused of ambushing a group of University of Idaho undergrads in November, allegedly sent one of the four victims a series of private messages on Instagram before the slayings, according to a new report.
During the investigation into the University of Idaho students’ slayings, news organizations’ interviews with investigators and law enforcement officialsquash misinformation spread online by people who styled themselves as sleuths on social media sites.
For days after the slayings, funeral processions filled the narrow streets of Salvatierra.
Kohberger was studying at Washington State University, just a short drive from the scene of the slayings.
On July 14, Alex is indicted on two counts of murder for the slayings of Paul and Maggie.
Panetti was condemned for the September 1992 slayings of his estranged wife’s parents, Joe Alvarado, 55, and Amanda Alvarado, 56, at their Fredericksburg home in the Texas Hill Country.
The special agent testified earlier that, by August 2021, Murdaugh was the one and only suspect in the brutal slayings.
The targeted racist slayings understandably loomed larger in the news than the family violence.
Another expert, called by the defence, previously testified that Skibicki was suffering from schizophrenia at the time of slayings in 2022.
District Judge Ronald A. White ordered Amy Leann Hall to serve two sentences of life in a federal penitentiary for the 2018 slayings of her 18-year-old son, Kayson Toliver, and 16-year-old daughter, Kloee Toliver.
For the American public, the slayings of Simpson’s ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman were practically inescapable in those days.
Here, court reporter Martin Naylor highlights some of the other cases he covered in addition to the three-day sentence which saw the 32-year-old handed a hospital order for the savage slayings of Grace O’Malley Kumar, Barnaby Webber and Ian Coates.
A California judge will decide on Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, if Peterson should be retried in the slayings of his pregnant wife and unborn child.
Authorities say an armed civilian killed two demonstrators on Aug. 25, and a 17-year-old from Illinois has been charged with those slayings.
Bianco said the slayings in Aguanga marked the eighth homicide case - totalling 14 victims - related to his county's illicit marijuana trade this year.
DeAngelo pleaded guilty to multiple counts of murder and other charges 40 years after a sadistic series of assaults and slayings in California.
In response to assertions that its soldiers were removing the bodies of shot protesters, the official Twitter account of the Nigerian Army is disputing reports that they were involved in their slayings.
The pop star said she was nervous about making her joyous announcement amid the pandemic, economic downturn and months of racial reckoning in the wake of police slayings, previously reported.
Todt, 42, was charged Wednesday with the deaths of his wife, Megan, and their three children ranging in ages from 4 to 13. The suspect had confessed to the slayings and was cooperating with detectives, according to Osceola County Sheriff Russ Gibson.
Common combinations with slayings
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the slayings 19×
- slayings of 14×
- slayings in 4×
- brutal slayings 2×
- those slayings 2×
- police slayings 2×