How do you use Stoning in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Stoning in a sentence
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Stoning meaning
lapidation: punishment by throwing stones, usually resulting in death
Synonyms of Stoning
Using Stoning
- The main meaning on this page is: lapidation: punishment by throwing stones, usually resulting in death
- Useful related words include: lapidation, corporal punishment.
- In the example corpus, stoning often appears in combinations such as: by stoning, stoning of, the stoning.
Context around Stoning
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Stoning
- In this selection, "stoning" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, symbolic, video, public, area and insolent stand out and add context to how "stoning" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include the symbolic stoning of the and among those stoning at the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "stoning" sits close to words such as ablation, abure and abvp, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with stoning
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Stoning or something along those lines. (6 words)
The resident said security agents dispersed the hoodlums who resorted to stoning them. (13 words)
Boy earned respect for himself, he even apologized for stoning at Mutale Nalumango. (13 words)
Brunei, a Muslim-majority former British protectorate with a population of around 400,000, on Wednesday began implementing Sharia laws, which punish sodomy, adultery and rape with the death penalty — including by stoning, and theft with amputation. (37 words)
Muslim pilgrims cast stones at pillars in the symbolic stoning of the devil, the last rite of the annual hajj, in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (34 words)
It is also unclear whether death by stoning will actually be implemented, as a high burden of proof is needed to hand down the punishment and Brunei has not executed anyone for decades. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Khadim-ul-Hujjaj informed Mr. Mohammed Saleem that the pilgrims returned to Makkah after performing the symbolic stoning of the devil on the final day of Haj.
In late March, Akhundzada announced that Afghanistan would reintroduce the public flogging and stoning of women for adultery.
Muslim pilgrims cast stones at pillars in the symbolic stoning of the devil, the last rite of the annual hajj, in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, June 18, 2024.
Pilgrims wrapped up the Hajj amid the deadly summer heat on June 18 on the third day of the symbolic stoning of the devil, and the last circumambulation around the Kaaba.
The resident said security agents dispersed the hoodlums who resorted to stoning them.
The temperature is abnormal compared to the past years and this affects us a lot,” said Ahmed Al-Baradie, an Egyptian pilgrim, after finishing his second symbolic stoning.
Boy earned respect for himself, he even apologized for stoning at Mutale Nalumango.
Outside the stoning area, Eric Idle plays a stone salesman with a snappy pitch called Harry the Haggler.
Police arrested ten suspects linked to the stoning and killing of 10 illegal miners in Matholeville, Roodepoort.
Stoning or something along those lines.
A man has been caught on video stoning an innocent wombat - and then celebrating it.
Brunei, a Muslim-majority former British protectorate with a population of around 400,000, on Wednesday began implementing Sharia laws, which punish sodomy, adultery and rape with the death penalty — including by stoning, and theft with amputation.
Brunei’s Sharia law-based penal code took effect on April 3. People found guilty of adultery or gay sex can be punished with death by stoning.
He told the Commission that he was among those stoning at the soldiers.
He was silent on stoning insolent teenagers and those mixing polyester and cotton also prescribed in Leviticus.
It is also unclear whether death by stoning will actually be implemented, as a high burden of proof is needed to hand down the punishment and Brunei has not executed anyone for decades.
The charitable outpouring followed an “urgent cry” from the association in the wake of the stoning by off-duty Eyre Peninsula policeman Waylon Johncock.
University of Oxford will reconsider its decision to award an honorary degree to the Sultan of after his country made gay sex punishable by stoning to the death.
Early Christians faced even greater disincentives to believe—arrest, torture, and all manner of cruel execution, from stoning (St. Stephen), beheading (St. Paul) and flaying alive (St. Bartholomew) to crucifixion (brothers Sts.
I believe a good old fashioned public stoning is in order for this POS.
Common combinations with stoning
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- by stoning 6×
- stoning of 5×
- the stoning 5×
- symbolic stoning 4×
- and stoning 2×
- stoning at 2×
- stoning and 2×
- stoning to 2×
- public stoning 2×
- stoning is 2×