How to Use slay in a Sentence

slay

verb
Definition of slaynext
Synonyms for slaynext
  • The knight slew the dragon.
  • That thing would absolutely slay in the back of the Uber on the way out for the night.
    — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Scores of priests were slain during the mass killing of civilians.
    — Katharine Houreld, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Ahead of this year’s fest, THR looks back on five green looks that slayed.
    — Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2023
  • This is finally the time the Padres slay the dragon up north, the mighty Dodgers.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Somehow, those mistakes — and a muffed punt return — weren’t enough to slay Lawrence and the Jaguars.
    — Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Soleimani was slain in a U.S. drone strike in Iraq in January 2020.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Play this one real loud and bounce into the weekend ready to slay.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Now he’s entered the labyrinth but has yet to slay the Minotaur within.
    — Scott Nover, Quartz, 2 Feb. 2023
  • So, the outcome should be easy: Rollins slaying Omos with a massive Stomp.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 6 May 2023
  • The Knights of Columbus have slayed the clam chowder-making recipe.
    — cleveland, 31 Aug. 2023
  • For the first time ever, the finale featured all women in its lineup — the Harp and the Lambs — and these ladies came to slay.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Pair it with long, silky waves and a smokey glam makeup look to slay the night away in true King Kylie fashion.
    — Nitya Rao, Seventeen, 5 Aug. 2022
  • There are so many cute hairstyles that anyone can slay in no time.
    — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 18 July 2023
  • Three men have been arrested in the death of a 18-year-old found slain on a southeast Oak Cliff road last month.
    — Jamie Landers, Dallas News, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Majestic King who reigns over all, slay with great love all the shadows around me.
    — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Then came a beast that could not be slayed, a joke that elicited only silence.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
  • During this final episode, which queens will slay and which will sashay away?
    — oregonlive, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Among the dozen police officers killed this year, at least eight have been slain by armed groups.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2024
  • On that summer night in London, Princess Diana came to slay.
    — Dina Gachman, Glamour, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Can the Jets finally slay their rival in front of their home faithful?
    — Jaylon Thompson, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Police identified the slain friend as Josephine Muentes, 52.
    — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The great white hunter manages to slay the beast, but with his transportation reduced to a smoking heap, the couple's forced to spend the night in the wild.
    — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Anyone who has ever achieved greatness first had to slay this beast.
    — Anna Oakes, Quartz, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Draven, who is also slain, returns from the dead to avenge her, wreaking havoc among their killers.
    — Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 14 Mar. 2024
  • To slay the blue dragon — if the Padres play into October and get that chance — even your best might not be good enough.
    — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2022
  • In one classroom there is an unfinished chess game one of the slain students had been playing.
    — CBS News, 4 Aug. 2023
  • But that particular dragon even the great man could not slay.
    — Wilfred Reilly, National Review, 3 Jan. 2024
  • In one classroom, there is an unfinished chess game one of the slain students had been playing, the pieces unmoved.
    — Terry Spencer and Freida Frisaro, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
  • As the unicorn slumbers, the maiden starts to sob, and men descend on the sleeping beast, slaying and seizing its body.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2023

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