Examples of behead in a Sentence
Louis XVI was beheaded in 1793.
Mary, Queen of Scots, was beheaded for plotting against Queen Elizabeth.
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Just last month, Islamist ADF terrorists, who want the eastern part of the country to become a Muslim Caliphate, rounded up 70 Christians and beheaded them – in a church.
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Paul Tilsley, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2025
Members of Daesh, a terror organization, beheaded the 21 men on the beach and then posted the photographs in Dabiq, its propaganda magazine.
—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2025
On February 8, Mary was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2025
Among other instances of violence related to animals, Bobby's 36-year-old daughter, Kick Kennedy, recalled in a 2012 interview that her father once beheaded a whale.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
On February 8, 1587, the executioner’s ax struck three times, beheading Mary, Queen of Scots.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2025
Some have been beheaded with sledgehammers, others completely torn down.
—Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 17 Aug. 2024
Mistaken as a comparatively commonplace artwork, it was owned by a 17th-century heir to the Scottish crown who was later beheaded, passed to the illegitimate son of an 18th-century duke, and then languished in obscurity for more than a century.
—Brian Klaas, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
During that same era, the group also took Western hostages, killing several, including U.S. journalist James Foley, who was beheaded in 2014, and Arizona aid worker Kayla Mueller, confirmed dead in 2015.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2025
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Paul Tilsley, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2025
Members of Daesh, a terror organization, beheaded the 21 men on the beach and then posted the photographs in Dabiq, its propaganda magazine.
—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2025
On February 8, Mary was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2025
Among other instances of violence related to animals, Bobby's 36-year-old daughter, Kick Kennedy, recalled in a 2012 interview that her father once beheaded a whale.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
On February 8, 1587, the executioner’s ax struck three times, beheading Mary, Queen of Scots.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2025
Some have been beheaded with sledgehammers, others completely torn down.
—Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 17 Aug. 2024
Mistaken as a comparatively commonplace artwork, it was owned by a 17th-century heir to the Scottish crown who was later beheaded, passed to the illegitimate son of an 18th-century duke, and then languished in obscurity for more than a century.
—Brian Klaas, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
During that same era, the group also took Western hostages, killing several, including U.S. journalist James Foley, who was beheaded in 2014, and Arizona aid worker Kayla Mueller, confirmed dead in 2015.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Behead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/behead. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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behead
verb
be·head
bi-ˈhed 
: to cut off the head of
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