Sentences with 'executions'
Example sentences and phrases with the word executions and other words derived from it.
• « Under ancient Roman law the rich were protected from torture and painful executions, while the poor were subject to both. »
• « In England, for example, some 20,000 people were executed in the 30 years between 1580 and 1610, a rate that if applied to today's United States would amount to 46,000 executions a year. »
• « She earned the nickname "Bloody Mary" for the numerous executions of Protestants, often by burning alive, which she ordered during her reign. »