While the two headsmen were engaged in making fast cords to his flukes, and in other ways getting the mass in readiness for towing, some conversation ensued between them.
In that grand order of battle in which Captain Ahab would probably marshal his forces to descend on the whales, these three headsmen were as captains of companies.
Now there was with them a sword, that would not cut clotted curd;[FN#120] so the headsmen smote him therewith and his head flew from his body.
Without delay the pitiless headsmen bore down upon Dunai and seized him by the shoulders.
Sobs and murmurs were heard amongst the crowd; the roughest of the soldiers and headsmen were touched with pity and respect as these innocent men, most of them grey-headed, walked to their death.
Then the headsmenbegan their dread work; the fourth victim was Erick Johannson the father of Gustavus.
Let those headsmen be appointed chiefs of all the headsmen.
Two headsmen are conducting Chārudatta to the place of execution.
The headsmenare preparing to execute Chārudatta, when Vasantasenā herself appears upon the scene, accompanied by the Buddhist monk.
In China decapitation has been reduced to almost a science, and the Chinese executioners are probably the most skilful headsmen in the world.
Of course no one need take this literally, but it is certain that men with such blunted nerves as headsmen are not so liable to contagion as other people.
At the time of the great Egyptian sickness the headsmen were the gravediggers.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "headsmen" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
