Explore Slays through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Slays in a sentence
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Slays meaning
third-person singular simple present indicative of slay
Using Slays
- The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of slay
- In the example corpus, slays often appears in combinations such as: slays the, he slays, slays his.
Context around Slays
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Slays
- In this selection, "slays" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 18.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, absolutely, routinely, truly, red, together and nagini stand out and add context to how "slays" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1866 david slays goliath from and as always slays the placement. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "slays" sits close to words such as aachen, abayomi and abbots, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with slays
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The girl slays every time. (5 words)
Slays was isolated by the heels. (6 words)
Detail from Gustave Doré's 1866 'David Slays Goliath' from 1Sam. (11 words)
Meanwhile, somewhere in the shadowed Sith structures below, Rey confronts Palpatine and slays him, despite his prophecy that says she'll take the throne if she strikes him down. (29 words)
An excellent advantage behind the Death Note is that it slays its targets indefinitely, no matter how tough they might and disregarding their natural ability to heal. (27 words)
He helps Harry in his plan to defeat Voldemort, defends him when everyone believes he is dead, inspires the Hogwart army to keep fighting, and slays Nagini. (27 words)
Example sentences (20)
Madelyn Cline routinely slays red carpets, and she kept that trend alive Tuesday night.
Sarah Michelle truly slays in every single snap she posts, and at every event she attends, she radiates too.
Tanjiro is a rare hero who is kind to even the vilest of his enemies, showing benevolence even to those he slays.
The Black Widdow intro is awesome and Sam Rockwell slays every scenen he's in.
The girl slays every time.
Pedro Pascal is the Roman general who raids Lucius’ village, slays his wife and brings him to Rome to be a gladiator.
You know what they say: a couple that slays together stays together.
An excellent advantage behind the Death Note is that it slays its targets indefinitely, no matter how tough they might and disregarding their natural ability to heal.
He helps Harry in his plan to defeat Voldemort, defends him when everyone believes he is dead, inspires the Hogwart army to keep fighting, and slays Nagini.
Meanwhile, somewhere in the shadowed Sith structures below, Rey confronts Palpatine and slays him, despite his prophecy that says she'll take the throne if she strikes him down.
Rihanna Slays In New Modeling Shot Rihanna took to her Instagram with a modeling shot in her Savage X Fenty lingerie line.
Detail from Gustave Doré's 1866 'David Slays Goliath' from 1Sam.
It also turns our minds to that "good death" that Kylo Ren, a future Knight, provides in when he slays his own father.
Slays followed up with a victory roll for a near fall.
Slays was isolated by the heels.
The storyline feud between Slays and Maverick was protected in that they didn’t have one pin the other.
This macho stereotype is the heart of the Evil Dead series and Merritt absolutely slays it.
When he slays the Seer just because he didn’t like his prediction, he goes to great lengths to hide the fact that it was him.
Finally, Colin Bell, as always, slays the placement, easily allowing your eyes to move along as the story is told.
Her style is so unique, and she absolutely slays any book she’s apart of.
Common combinations with slays
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- slays the 9×
- he slays 7×
- slays his 5×
- and slays 3×
- slays in 2×
- slays every 2×
- slays him 2×
- absolutely slays 2×
- slays her 2×