How To Use Slay In A Sentence

  • Although, as we shall see, Ryle says a good deal more about our mental concepts, it cannot be said that he seriously addresses this question and thereby slays the bogy of mechanism.
  • The rage and the disappointment of the admiral were beyond all bounds; what to him was the value of the capture of Aisa, of the Turkish alcaid, of the ten thousand of the baser sort; nay, what to him was the value of "Africa" itself when once again like a mocking spirit Dragut had glided beyond the sea horizon to devastate, to plunder, and to slay once more, the scourge and the menace of Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean
  • Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves. Henry Ward Beecher 
  • It was this conviction that made the intrigues at OKH, the disregard and "mislaying" of unwelcome instructions, such a personal affair in the first summer's campaign. Barbarossa
  • She would have liked to be of service to the weeds vegetating beside the paths, to slay herself there so that from her flesh some huge greenery might spring, lofty and sapful, laden with birds at May-time, and passionately caressed by the sun. La faute de l'Abbe Mouret
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  • They encounter some small groups of orcs away from the great army and they slay them quickly.
  • And in this yere the kyng of Scotts was slayne in Scotland, of a knyght of the same land callid Sir Robert A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum
  • To the insatiable bloody appetite of this creature nothing comes amiss; he takes the male ostrich by surprise, and slays that wariest of wild things on his nest; He captures little birds with the dexterity of a cat, and hunts for diurnal armadillos; he comes unawares upon the deer and huanaco, and, springing like lightning on them, dislocates their necks before their bodies touch the earth. The Naturalist in La Plata
  • Detecting the spy behind the curtain and mistaking him for King Claudius, Hamlet plunges his sword into the arras and slays Polonius.
  • I'm all for an international day of metal, no need to restrict it to Slayer. international* All Updates @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com
  • A senior class in Michigan came to slay on picture day.
  • Both victims' estates have filed claims for punitive damages, which are designed to punish the killer and deter future slayings.
  • I actually even think he had ultimately forgiven his persecutors and the slayers of his family -- and that would be a mastership that one can only view with awe. Mike Schwager: Remembering My Father: His Greatest Lesson to Me Was His Life
  • a "footpad" might leap upon and slay him; when wild beasts roamed the forest and the jungles, and there were savage men, and countries yet unexplored. The Lost Continent
  • The most serious allegation against him involved the November 1998 slaying of three men at an automobile body shop in Montebello.
  • Cave honors his own definition with songs that truly "resonate with the susurration of sorrow, tintinnabulation of grief" like "Straight to You", "Nobody's Baby Now", and the slayer "Into My Arms". Tamsin Smith: Sketches of Spain
  • Even Goneril has her one splendid hour, her fire - flaught of hellish glory; when she treads under foot the half-hearted goodness, the wordy and windy though sincere abhorrence, which is all that the mild and impotent revolt of Albany can bring to bear against her imperious and dauntless devilhood; when she flaunts before the eyes of her "milk-livered" and "moral fool" the coming banners of France about the "plumed helm" of his slayer. A Study of Shakespeare
  • In the meantime, Specialized have certainly proven that the Globe Roll is indeed the perfect bike with which to "slay" an overpriced food run. Warming the Cockles: Living, Breathing, Shopping
  • 'If I slay thee, thou hireling dog, as I have often slain thy clodpated countrymen in other days,' and the Frenchman laughed fiercely, 'by St. Denis! The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852
  • But the chiefs still practised the old ways, the custom of hunakele, and hid the bones of the aliis where no men should find them and make fish-hooks of their jaws or arrow heads of their long bones for the slaying of little mice in sport. THE BONES OF KAHEKILI
  • VIRGINIA CASE: Details emerge in lacrosse slaying lacrosse | Comment | Recommend College Sports News: Hockey, Lacrosse and Other NCAA Sports News
  • Now the vanished figure is the chief investigator in that slaying, Pablo Chapa Bezanilla.
  • Thou think'st them to o'ertake, Thou thinkest to overtake them, for all thou'rt fettered fast; while thou bearest Thy sins from thy desire Follies, which slay thee whatso do hinder thee, perdie. way thou farest. The Life of Sir Richard Burton
  • A 26-year-old man was charged for the brutal slayings.
  • But slaying an ancient immortal changed his heart, and he walked away from the sword about 1500 years ago.
  • But since this is the final film in a seedy sexploitation shocker trilogy, you know it has to end badly for our insane slayer.
  • Or a few outstanding debts you chanced to mislay in your indecent haste to depart ?
  • Initially, the reports of the slayings were largely unnoticed.
  • I will never, God willing, slay a man in combat; but I am not unanxious to experience on myself the effect of the war-passion, which has had so great an influence on the human race. The Memoires of Barry Lyndon
  • Above the two in the roundel is another Saint Michael bravely slaying a fire-breathing dragon. The Wayward Muse
  • CARTHAGE -- Robert K. Stewart, the accused slayer of eight people in a Carthage nursing home Sunday, is being held at the hospital of Central Prison, where court-appointed attorneys got a judge's order to see him today. NewsObserver.com - Home
  • The Plot: Sigurd is born to be a hero; and Bloodsong begins with Sigurd facing the classic hero quest: slay the dragon. Bloodsong
  • May I depend on you to stand by me and my daughters, then , deer - slayer?
  • As a television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer has always been a bit of an odd duck.
  • Then a second came forth and he slew him also, and a third and he tare him in twain, and a fourth and he did him to death; nor did they cease sallying out to him and he left not slaying them, till it was noon, by which time he had laid low two hundred braves. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
  • The quest to free Ireland begins Book V and the successful slaying of Grantorto is in the final canto.
  • Thus the bracketing of hull and basketwork trap also instils notions of the fisherman and his catch, the hunter and his quarry, the slayer and the slain.
  • My opinion, that thou mayst know it, is that it was not for the sake of the Achaeans or me that thou didst slay thy guest, but to keep that gold in thy own house. Hecuba
  • When Phoebus lived on this earth, he was a lusty bachelor and a fine archer, slaying serpents and singing with great musical harmony.
  • I went in on the off chance and discovered another of the harder to get Islay malts.
  • I have PM'd jslay, who as a novice is being cagey about her location, her e mail, and other elements of her profile, notifying her of my son's family in San Antonio, TX who would be happy to have her help in exchange for a room and a REASONABLE LIVING WAGE. Maid for cooking and cleaning in exchange for a room
  • A similar verse can be found in chapter 9, verse 5 -- which in its snipped, out of context version could read: "fight and slay the pagans wherever ye find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem of war. TEXAS FAITH: How can religious leaders keep Fort Hood incident from creating fear, tension and misunderstanding? | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com
  • They left the ship to tour Islay's Bowmore whisky distillery to enjoy a wee dram or two, while the Princess Royal went on her textile trek.
  • Finally, we have the perpetrator of all these heinous slayings.
  • Nine year old Sooz, who sets out to find a hero to slay the griffin menacing her village, is the bestest, brightest, cutest, pluckiest little girl in the whole wide world. The 2006 Nebula Award: The Novelette Shortlist
  • When the demons realized that the Slayer had entered into some sort of insane frenzy, they quickly turned and charged the other one.
  • Alain was a slayer of giants and dragons, a protector of people.
  • Arran, Islay, Bute and Mull all contain lochs full of trout and also boast short spate rivers with good runs of sea-trout and salmon.
  • I met at Wilensi an old Harari, whose gardens and property had all been escheated, because his son fled from justice, after slaying a man. First footsteps in East Africa
  • As for our own unperfected democracy, countless micro-conflicts - from drive-by slayings to gang brawls - continue without respite.
  • Then he turned to me and said, O mortal, we have it in our law that, when the wife committeth advowtry it is lawful for us to slay her. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
  • However the beauty of the FAI Cup is that its foundations are built on the possibility of David slaying Goliath, so we, the supporters, will travel in hope.
  • Prince Hamlet explains that the murderers killed his father twice because not only did they slay his body but by killing him unexpectedly, he had no occasion to shrive himself.
  • Amber Benson is best known for her portrayal of 'Tara' on the hit television show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. MIND MELD: SF/F Books That Would Make A Great TV Series
  • They came out from the shelter of the cedar forest with a rush, yelling furiously, each man waving his long jezail in his left hand, while a long curved tulwar, keen as a razor, flashed in his right -- big, stalwart, long-bearded, dark-eyed men, with gleaming teeth and a fierce look of determination to slay painted in every feature. Fix Bay'nets The Regiment in the Hills
  • The sparkle in these scarlet shades is subtle but slays all day.
  • There's the arch-anarch over there, the dragon you are trying to slay. THEFT
  • It's because of Fox's redivision of the ratings pie that a later series like the WB's (and then UPN's) Buffy the Vampire Slayer could qualify as buzzworthy despite never coming close to cracking the Top Twenty in the Nielsen ratings. The Murdoch Touch
  • Reply Obj. 3: Christ's Passion was indeed a malefice on His slayers 'part; but on His own it was the sacrifice of one suffering out of charity. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition
  • The ancient Romans are often seen as bringing civilisation to the western world, but they regarded the slaying of gladiators as a normal form of entertainment.
  • Then the first cold front rolls in, slays the mums, frosts the lawn, whistles down the chimney and signals the reign of the new season.
  • That year, a series of attacks on elderly women began, including five slayings in the nearby Los Angeles County town of Claremont.
  • I am looking to put a string stop on my Martin slayer. check and make sure all your equipment is tight. Best way to silence you bow; limb dampeners, string silencers, both, or other?
  • The lancet is a weapon which annually slays more than the sword," says Dr. Tully. Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
  • Slayer "incited" the three young men, the suit says, with such lyrics as "I feel the urge the growing need/To f-- k this sinful corpse/My tasks complete the bitches (sic) soul/Lies raped in demonic lust. Heavy Metal: Music To Murder By?
  • He had drawn a sword of his own and came at her, while his companion maneuvered for a flanking attack on the slayer.
  • The great tragedy OfScience the slaying Of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.
  • He knew that that creator himself of every object one, that exalted of all gods -- Narayana -- who had formerly commanded the celestials, saying, -- 'Be ye born on earth and slay one another and come back to heaven' -- that slayer of all the enemies of the gods, that subjugator of all hostile towns, in order to fulfil his own promise, had been born in the Kshatriya order. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3
  • Yes | No | Report from deerslayer2 wrote 43 weeks 5 days ago loggy bayou has some great stands for comfort. I am looking into buying a climbing stand for this fall and was wondering what brand most people use.
  • Consider yourself lucky that you don't have to slay a dragon, a rather messy sort of job.
  • May I depend on you to stand by me and my daughters, then , deer - slayer?
  • The national murder figures, which are up by 25 to 784, do not suggest a big surge in knife slayings.
  • Ill air slays sooner than the sword. 
  • He marched into the country that was ruled over by the slayer of his father.
  • Why spend time talking when you could be more useful slaying vampires?
  • Beyoncé slayed at Coachella earlier this year.
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer staked her final fiend last spring, but ‘young women hearing voices from the beyond’ populate a number of new TV programmes.
  • Three teenagers were convicted of the slayings.
  • In a buck-passing situation, states would refrain from taking an active stance against the zombies in the hopes that other countries would do the dirty work of uniting to slay the demon hordes.
  • And then in the name of that right, shall I not slay them for murdering their Queen, and be slain in my turn by their countrymen as the invader of their fatherland?
  • But the reed-slayers declared victory Sunday with a tailgate party celebrating the removal of an estimated 165 tons of the plant.
  • We watched an ice demon breathe fire (how he did it, we still don't know), and watched a man slay a giant dragon.
  • And she's an eccentric Aquarius, which slays me every time.
  • I don't know if it's just a phase, or separation related, but as we walk to school, or around the neighbourhood at the weekend, they both hold on for dear life, as if they might mislay me somewhere between the supermarket and the house. Diary of a separation
  • All Comments from buckslayer911 wrote 8 weeks 4 days ago wow thats a huge fish nile perch are alot dif from the little perch i cATCH Man vs. Crocodile vs.
  • He also carried with him Onias the high priest, who was also called Menelaus; for Lysias advised the king to slay Menelaus, if he would have the Jews be quiet, and cause him no further disturbance, for that this man was the origin of all the mischief the Jews had done them, by persuading his father to compel the Jews to leave the religion of their fathers. Antiquities of the Jews
  • Now that I've gotten the whole Twitter thing out of the way, I find myself wishing that the fiasco that is Bike Month was also out of the way, since things are getting pretty bad or "gnarly," as they say in singletrack-slaying parlance out there. Illusions: Fake Twitters and Strange Looks
  • Neighbors said they knew little about the man suspected in the slayings.
  • Tottenham's Ledley King will now have his groin operation next week after mislaying his passport. Tottenham's Ledley King misses groin operation after passport fiasco
  • I must tell thee that Njal has 'spaed' his fortune, and foretold about his life, if he slays more than once in the same stock, that it would lead him to his death, if it so fell out that he broke the settlement made after the deed. The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor
  • A kin slayer and fugitive, Tyrion assumes manifold roles in "Dragons": mummer, soldier, paymaster, slave, river rat and captive.
  • Ritual slaying, feasting, and return of the skull and bones of a bear were fundamental to sending the animal's soul back to its original home and thus facilitating its reincarnation.
  • “He that taketh away his neighbour’s living, slayeth him; and he that defraudeth the labourer of his hire is a bloodshedder.” Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings
  • And these four knights aforesaid came to Canterbury on the Tuesday in Christmas week about Evensong time, and came to S. Thomas and said that the king commanded him to make amends for the wrongs that he had done, and also that he should assoil all them that he had accursed anon, or else they should slay him. 12/01/2003 - 01/01/2004
  • Details emerging in lacrosse player's slaying as UVa. mourns College Sports News: Hockey, Lacrosse and Other NCAA Sports News
  • Still, I was sure that the obvious brilliance of his performances, which 'slayed' Randy, and 'killed' Stephen, and made the often plastic Jennifer Lopez into a deeply feeling woman, would overcome the doltish attitudes of young Americans. Gwen Davis: Dr. Strangeidol, or How I Learned to Stop Thinking and Love the Bomb
  • Last night a basketball game foiled my efforts to watch the third from the last ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ episode.
  • Yes | No | Report from J4huntfish wrote 2 weeks 5 days ago sorry feer slayer i should have used better word choice besides you are probly an awesome dude so is every one else that offended. truly im sorry Im 14 and i seen alot of people say some stuff like baiting for squirrels.
  • Did you often mislay these farm chemicals?
  • Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves. Henry Ward Beecher 
  • The 773-page compilation resurrects St. George, the dragon-slayer who was slain himself at Lydda in Palestine around 303 A.D. and is the patron of soldiers, knights, archers and armorers.
  • Pirate captain slayer crossdresses, lacks parrot, then hand. Archive 2007-05-01
  • It's the usual laughably inane business, but this one part slayed me with its sheer genius.
  • And it's why I won't tell anything of the plot beyond Sigurd is off to slay a dragon. Bloodsong
  • Cave honors his own definition with songs that truly "resonate with the susurration of sorrow, tintinnabulation of grief" like "Straight to You", "Nobody's Baby Now", and the slayer "Into My Arms". Tamsin Smith: Sketches of Spain
  • She lived in an old sea chanty, interpreted by emilytheslayer. Valentines, part the first
  • O mortal, we have it in our law that, when the wife committeth advowtry it is lawful for us to slay her. Arabian nights. English
  • Now owned by Robin Bextor, a television director who sometimes shoots the videos for his daughter Sophie Ellis Bextor, there is an appealing and understated stylishness to the place, which makes it just perfect for the mislaying of whole afternoons. The 20 best places to eat in Britain this summer
  • Broncos to slay the Knights, Warriors to desex the Panthers, Rabbitohs to continue their slightest dream against the Cowboys, Roosters to beat the Sharks as everyone else does at the moment, Sea Eagles to finally end the Bulldogs run towards the final 8, Storm to continue the Dragons slide down the 8, Raiders to pip the Titans in the cellar dweller battle and Tigers to keep running down the top 4 with a win over the Eels. NEWS.com.au | Top Stories
  • Their former appellation is supposed to be derived either from the name of their founder Hassan, or from the word hashish, said to be a preparation from hemp, of highly intoxicating power, which was drunk by the Fedwees previously to the execution of the orders of their chief, to slay. Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia
  • As time goes on his status is arguably portrayed as even more liminal because he is the only non-empowered member of the Scooby Gang, doesn't feel he quite belongs amongst the slayers and witches and vampires and ex-demons -- but of course can't go back to the mundane ignorance of the seams that permeate the world. Notes on Strange Fiction: Seams
  • You would think that the concept of random highway slayings would evoke some fear.
  • Yet, to enter Khinjan Caves you had to slay a man, hakim or no! In The Time Of Light
  • Main slaying character, two sidekicks, one wacky, one smart. Review: Reaper v. Buffy : #comments
  • After the slaying and cannibalising of the primal father, if the horde was to survive, there had to be a prohibition against murder and another against incest.
  • The slaying is under investigation by homicide detectives. D.C. stabbing victim identified
  • She slayed the red carpet in an all-black outfit at the red carpet.
  • Ruha let her hand drop to her jambiya, both angered by the fool's lechery and frightened she would have to slay him to save her honor. The Veiled Dragon
  • But the father, deaf to his cries, slays him in his house and prepares an evil feast.
  • Ill air slays sooner thant the sword. 
  • One side depicts Herakles, clad in spotted tunic with dagger drawn, about to slay the Nemean lion; the other, Dionysus and two nude satyrs.
  • Surely vexation slays the fool, And jealousy kills the simpleton.
  • Or why it is permissible to slay a minute bird such as a snipe, while a titlark is on no account to be touched. Baboo Jabberjee, B.A.
  • In spite of their growing terror, Jack leads his newly found tribe of hunters into the jungle for the slaying of another pig.
  • Narayana himself, the slayer of foes, increate, born among men at his own will, -- the foremost of all Kshatriyas and above all the gods and the The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7
  • If Islay's signature metal is the burnished copper of whisky stills, it gave place last weekend to the brassy sheen or sandblasted seriousness of the saxophone.
  • Somehow, the shop managed to mislay the actual CD and all they can find is the sleeve, though they've assured me the disk is lying around somewhere and I hope to pop in over lunch and take it home with me.
  • The problem is many pleasure boaters coming south in the winter do not realize whales are around, Slay said.
  • In the end - both badly wounded by the Dark One's minions - they both sacrificed themselves to ultimately slay that evil fiend Galaax forever.
  • Keeping slag operation in steel making in revolver, with mang advantage and numerous economically benefits , may encounter the danger of melted slay pray when pouring melted iron.
  • I’d like to think that, when no one is looking, Obama rocks out to Bad Brains and McCain bangs his head to Slayer. Obama v. McCain: Favorite Music | Heretical Ideas Magazine
  • Her fingers itched to draw her sword and slay an evil fiend or rescue some poor soul.
  • A Joliet woman accused with three others of the brutal slaying of a Channahon man found "hogtied" with his hands and feet bound has been mailing poems and rap lyrics from behind bars, professing her innocence and complaining about the jail's food and bedding. Chicagotribune.com -
  • The self-styled ‘rockney’ duo use this Christmas knees-up to celebrate one of the more remarkable turnarounds in fortune in recent pop history: from reviled gorblimey joke to critically acclaimed, Libertines-endorsed, Glastonbury-slaying stars.
  • But the reed-slayers declared victory Sunday with a tailgate party celebrating the removal of an estimated 165 tons of the plant.
  • It held proof that bribed by the Tyrant of Citta di Castello you had undertaken to pose an arbalister to slay the Duke on the occasion of his coming visit to Cesena. The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in the life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime fool of the court of Pesaro
  • Launcelot thrang here and there, it mishapped him to slay Gaheris and Sir Gareth, the noble knight, for they were unarmed and unware. Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table
  • The great tragedy OfScience the slaying Of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.
  • She added: "Shows like Dragons 'Den, where a succession of trembling entrepreneurs are' slayed 'by the dragons, has led to angel investment being seen as a macho arena and we need to address this urgently. Startups | Home
  • UVA CASE: Details emerge in slaying lacrosse | Comment | Recommend College Sports News: Hockey, Lacrosse and Other NCAA Sports News
  • In the meanwhile brake the ambushment of King Ban and King Bors, and Lionses and Phariance had the vanguard, and they two knights met with King Idres and his fellowship, and there began a great medley of breaking of spears, and smiting of swords, with slaying of men and horses, and King Idres was near at discomforture. Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table
  • Big pods of roosterfish and Jacks, joined by snook from the lagoons where the crocodiles live, all join forces to slay the vast schools of anchovies which gather here at this time.
  • DABIH (dä´-be), β _Capricorni_, "the lucky one of the slaughterers," or "the slayer's lucky star. A Field Book of the Stars
  • I'm still trying to puzzle out how the Slayer's ersatz sister figures into everything.
  • Even Goneril has her one splendid hour, her fire - flaught of hellish glory; when she treads under foot the half-hearted goodness, the wordy and windy though sincere abhorrence, which is all that the mild and impotent revolt of Albany can bring to bear against her imperious and dauntless devilhood; when she flaunts before the eyes of her "milk-livered" and "moral fool" the coming banners of France about the "plumed helm" of his slayer. A Study of Shakespeare
  • The first famous vampire slayer is of course, Van Helsing. Five Best Vampire Hunters | myFiveBest
  • I think instead of my throne, of power, of my queenship, and of slaying Mordred. Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer
  • The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful theory by an ugly fact.
  • To such a pitch have people already brought matters, that they can't look at anything as what it is, but search out some great big generality to which they may tie it and slay it and embowel it. The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck
  • Abroad the sword bereaves and slays all that comes in its way, and at home all provisions are cut off by the besiegers, so that there is as death, that is, famine, which is as bad as the pestilence, or worse -- the sword without and terror within, Deut. xxxii. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
  • They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
  • The slashings, the slaying, the de-limbing of his victims. Top 10 Movies Ruined by a Female Presence » Scene-Stealers
  • And beside him is stretched that slayer-of-men with knife-wounds sick: {38b} no sword availed on the awesome thing in any wise to work a wound. Beowulf
  • St. John reminded jurors that Munroe's former roommate testified that someone called her unlisted phone a month after the slaying, saying that if she didn't behave, she would "be next. The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:Today's Headlines
  • The slaying of three Catholic boys in the town of Ballymoney during a Protestant march through Catholic neighborhoods dampened the spirit of peace that had followed the April 10th peace agreement. 1998, Feb. 20
  • In the comments he compares the pleasure he gets from working his will on a recalcitrant domestic appliance to the triumph a caveman felt when slaying a mastodon.
  • Even though I think 80s music was pretty bad, the nostalgia's slaying me every time.
  • The intuitions are the bright band, without armor or shield, that slay the mailed and bucklered giants of the understanding. Birds and Poets : with Other Papers
  • The word ecocide comes from Greek as well, 'oikos', meaning 'house', and 'cidium', meaning to 'slay' or 'destroy'. Newmatilda.com - Comments
  • They slay the widow and the stranger And murder the orphans.
  • And at morwe, whan he fond the heremyte ded, he was fulle sory and wrothe, and wolde have don his men to dethe: but they alle with on accord seyd, that he him self had slayn him, when he was dronken, and schewed him his swerd alle blody: and he trowed, that thei hadden seyd sothe. The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville
  • I "slayed" some singletrack, and then I slayed myself. Illusions: Fake Twitters and Strange Looks
  • After the title track slays you with its intro - a minute plus of sweet guitar licks - the dual, give-and-take boy-girl lead vocals will capture your heart until you're screaming along without even knowing the words.
  • I should remind you that I was being admitted voluntarily, there was never any suggestion that I needed to be 'sectioned' but you would have thought that I had stolen the Crown Jewels and then run amok slaying the Royal Family to judge by the manner of the nurse admitting me. Mental Nurse
  • No psycho slayer is going to get between you and your right to life. Naysayers Suck
  • Would slay whoever dared confront Those moustaches that Bristled like porcupinequills.
  • The pieces of the seal were still in Moiraine's pouch; Lews Therin Kinslayer's banner was wrapped in her blanketroll and still tied behind Aldieb's saddle. The Eye of the World
  • What? did not women slay the sons of Aegyptus, and utterly clear Lemnos of men? Hecuba
  • You'll find eagles on the beautiful Isle of Skye and ospreys at Loch Garten, nesting red-throated divers in Islay, and corncrakes in Lewis.
  • Snow White: ( Frightened ) Slay me? I cannot believe this, surely are mistaken?
  • The pragmatist had a habit of mislaying essential objects: cameras, tickets, notes, on one never-to-be-forgotten occasion a passport. LOADED QUESTIONS
  • Forget the demonologist recommended by the psychic - he sounds like a reject from “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”. Viewing enjoyment affected by very un- “Paranormal Activity” » Scene-Stealers
  • Lucid Buffer : At 4 th level the slayer becomes especially skilled at resisting mental attacks.
  • Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves. Henry Ward Beecher 
  • Again, just as circumcision or the slaying of victims would not be a service of God now, so the rite of the Nazarites ought not to be presented now as a service, but it ought to be judged simply as an adiaphoron. Apology of the Augsburg Confession
  • And our name shall be a cannon-shot, before which your Lodge, in the pleasantness whereof ye take pastime, shall be blown into ruins; and we will be as a wedge to split asunder the King's Oak into billets to heat a brown baker's oven; and we will dispark your park, and slay your deer, and eat them ourselves, neither shall you have any portion thereof, whether in neck or haunch. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier
  • Building a city from blocks, dice, toy soldiers and other odds and ends, he's transported into a make-believe municipality just in time to slay a monster, whup a villain, load up an ark - and learn a few lessons in kindness and humility.
  • I would be taking up a player slot that could be filled by someone who can actually help in slaying the demon. Quiet weekend
  • Then the first cold front rolls in, slays the mums, frosts the lawn, whistles down the chimney and signals the reign of the new season.
  • For first he let slay his wife that he loved right well; and for the passing love that he had to her when he saw her dead, he fell in a rage and out of his wit a great while; and sithen he came again to his wit. The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
  • Ridgway was arrested nearly two years ago and was ultimately charged with seven slayings.
  • Judith now entered into a desultory discourse with Deerslayer.
  • + The law of Israel was, "Ye shall take no ransom for the life of a manslayer, which is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death." [ Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals
  • A convict with a record of violent crimes against women was charged Tuesday with the 2007 slaying of a transgender prostitute, the first in what authorities described as a yearlong series of attacks targeting San Francisco's transgender sex workers. Examiner California Headlines
  • I shall hope for it if you have, and I will leave with you on Monday morning my random reconing for the last year of what I have received, your Books will supply the dates which I have lost through mislaying a paper. Letter 275
  • Then Theodoric sat down and began to unbrace his adversary's armour; and while he was doing this, Queen Chriemhild came into the hall with a blazing torch, which she thrust into the mouth of one after another of the prostrate warriors, her brothers, to see if they were already dead, and to slay them if they were still living. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation
  • This revolt, joined to an ascetic and sterile devotion to positive fact, would ultimately slay even God.
  • Because of the rough seas, scallops are not on the menu, but I console myself with fresh Loch Gruinart oysters, followed by the fillet of Islay beef and a parfait for dessert.
  • It doesn't ring and it doesn't conjure up cool images of things being "slayed" either. EW.com: Today's Latest Headlines
  • The choice in Jura is limited, so you may be better off basing yourself on Islay and visiting just for the day.
  • Jacob originally wanted to sing Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On," which I am fairly certain he would have slayed. American Idol Episode Recap: The Top 9 Perform
  • The catchphrase was delivered with a look of saucer-eyed amazement which slayed the studio audience every time.
  • A kin slayer and fugitive, Tyrion assumes manifold roles in "Dragons": mummer, soldier, paymaster, slave, river rat and captive.
  • He pledged to keep a flinty eye on it and vowed to slay the threatening blip should it grow.
  • Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves. Henry Ward Beecher 
  • If your regular antagonist has a Chaos army and favours daemons then a Daemonslayer will do the business very nicely.
  • a kind of 'mammet' (as the English called the Richard II. who appeared up in Islay, having escaped from Pomfret Castle), had for his first wife a daughter of Henrietta, the favourite sister of our Charles II. Historical Mysteries
  • Canadian copyfighting attorney Howard Knopf has written a great response to the Canadian Record Industry Association's letter to the Toronto Star, in which they claimed that Michael Geist column, "Time to slay Canadian file-sharing myths" was incorrect. Boing Boing
  • I suspect that when other people mislay things they make sure that your husband doesn't find out, but you can't. Jean's Knitting
  • They nobly make a decision to risk their lives while trying to slay their friend's murderer.

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