Examples of 'was hanged' in a sentence
Meaning of "was hanged"
The phrase 'was hanged' is used to indicate the past tense of the verb 'hang' when referring to a person being executed by suspending them from a rope tied around their neck. It is commonly used to describe a form of capital punishment
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I was hanged after having been subjected to the strappado.
The picture was hanged the wall.
I was hanged and the glasses of my hangman broke.
She was obviously strangled before she was hanged.
Langremont was hanged on the spot as a mark of infamy.
Particularly if the body was hanged upside down.
Tom was hanged for a murder he did not commit.
Ying McCoy was dead before she was hanged.
He was hanged and then beheaded once dead.
And the owner of the brothel was hanged.
She was hanged while the others went free.
George refused the pardon and was hanged.
He was hanged in public at the site of the bombing.
He was found guilty on all counts and was hanged.
The murderer was hanged by his own countrymen.
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Khudiram was later arrested and was hanged to death.
Then he was hanged and his body quartered.
So he was out cold when he was hanged.
Bellingham was hanged in public three days later.
He was sent to a camp and was hanged last month.
There he was hanged from a gibbet until dead.
I do not remember why the man was hanged.
He was hanged for the murder of a childhood friend.
Ross protested his innocence but was hanged.
The employee was hanged by his sweatshirt hood.
This is an ordinary mark of someone who was hanged.
One man was hanged for this attack.
Every woman who denied being a witch was hanged.
His wife was hanged three days later.
Norrgård was probably dead before he was hanged.
He was hanged and his head was used as a balloon.
The man who was hanged today.
He was hanged on the property when it was a gallows.
He killed her and was hanged for her murder.
He was hanged sometime between six and seven am.
Her husband too was hanged as an accomplice.
Hazel died before she was hanged.
A copyholder was hanged for murder this year.
The conspiracy was discovered and the traitor was hanged.
Sharpe was hanged a few months later.
He endured much torture before he was hanged.
She was hanged over that rail.
One of the men what was hanged this afternoon.
She was hanged for the murder.
Each of the slaves was hanged.
My father was hanged by his own guts.
The infant died before her mother was hanged.
Leesmith was hanged by his own lanyard.
I believe this man died before he was hanged.
I think he was hanged upside down for a long time.
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Bek hanged himself in front of dozens of witnesses
I might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb