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Example sentences for "kill"

Lexicographically close words:
kier; kies; kieselguhr; kik; kild; killas; killd; killdeer; killdeers; killed
  1. The Porto Rican game-cocks are fierce fighters, and, though they fight only with their natural spurs, often kill each other with a single blow.

  2. The process is that you first place in each room four receptacles for the ingredients, which when mixed instantly kill everything near--men, beasts, or insects.

  3. He clears a little patch of land around his dwelling, where he can raise a few vegetables, and is allowed to kill game and catch fish if there are streams near him.

  4. A week has passed away fairly peacefully, and now the last fresh trouble is that we have got to fumigate this house with a very dangerous mixture of vitriol and prussic acid to kill various non-paying guests, such as mice, mosquitoes, etc.

  5. You said truly, it would kill him to hear that.

  6. For these causes, the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.

  7. And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him.

  8. For these causes the Jews caught me in the Temple, and went about to kill me.

  9. And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:--But their laying await was known of Saul.

  10. And as they were seeking to kill him, tidings came up to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

  11. Jews, but to provoke them to "take counsel to kill him.

  12. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.

  13. And when many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel together to kill him: but their plot became known to Saul.

  14. And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.

  15. For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.

  16. And they watched the gates also day and night that they might kill him: but his disciples took him by night, and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.

  17. The foreigners on the right bank were afraid to cross, as the Anhui soldiers were in a state of mutiny, holding their general prisoner, and intending to kill him.

  18. For Chinese have a fine sense of honesty, if not of honour; and merchants are apt to kill themselves, if they cannot meet their obligations.

  19. You are not to take upon yourself individually to determine, by any standard of utility applied to a particular case, that you can rightfully kill a human being.

  20. In the next scene, the murderers, previously engaged by Macbeth, waylay Banquo in the park as he is approaching the castle, and kill him, his son Fleance and a servant escaping.

  21. To kill him will produce no unhappiness to any one, but will be a positive relief and benefit.

  22. I can assure you that I did not kill him, if that is what you mean," I told her coolly.

  23. You suck blood from kindly friends, And kill them when it serves your ends.

  24. All that's good and all that's true, You kill that, so I'll kill you.

  25. Athenian from the city, within three weeks I will either bring those Spartans as prisoners to Athens, or kill them where they are.

  26. Gylippus gave the necessary order, and the word was passed round to kill no more, but take captive those who survived.

  27. Oh, this is too horrible--to kill him now, like this.

  28. We'll have a fine burst, and kill the vermin in the end.

  29. Tie the prisoner up and flog him till he speaks, but don't kill him.

  30. Exert yourself, dear Marianne," she cried, "if you would not kill yourself and all who love you.

  31. You are rogues, as you want to rob pilgrims and to kill them!

  32. If I raise a shout they will come here, kill you, and take away your horses and accoutrement.

  33. From this you can see that it is especially important to know all you can about the life of injurious insects, since it is often easier to kill these pests at one stage of their life than at another.

  34. Kill all the spores that may be in this bottle by steaming it an hour in a cooking-steamer.

  35. Spraying according to the directions in the Appendix will kill the disease.

  36. If seed potatoes be treated to a bath of formalin just before they are planted, the formalin will kill the fungi on the potatoes and greatly diminish the amount of scab at the next harvest.

  37. Carbolic acid=: a chemical often used to kill or prevent the growth of germs, bacteria, fungi, etc.

  38. Before the plants come up it is well to go over the field once or twice with a harrow so as to kill all weeds.

  39. The lime-sulphur mixture and some other sulphur washes not only kill the San Jose scale but are also useful in reducing fungous injury.

  40. A few days after planting, the cornfield should be harrowed with a fine-tooth harrow to loosen the top soil and to kill the grass and the weed seeds that are germinating at the surface.

  41. This will kill all bacteria clinging to the knife-blade.

  42. Some of them are so dangerous that they kill the plant; others partly or wholly destroy its usefulness or its beauty.

  43. These borers often girdle and thereby kill a tree.

  44. A second is to kill as many weevils as possible by burning the homes that shelter them in winter.

  45. A substance has been found that will, without injuring the seeds, kill all the smut spores clinging to the grain.

  46. It follows, then, that all utensils used in the dairy should be thoroughly scalded so as to kill all germs present, and particular care should be taken to clean the cracks and crevices, for in them the germs lurk.

  47. Fungicide=: a substance used to kill or prevent the growth of fungi; for example, Bordeaux Mixture or copper sulphate.

  48. Let them hear that with you too war is massacre, that you take no prisoners, and kill all that fall into your hands, and, believe me, the public will soon grow sick of the war carried on with such cruelty on both sides.

  49. Why should we let them carry them away to kill more Spaniards?

  50. So with witches, it is not only useless but even dangerous to shoot at one of them when she has turned herself into a hare; if you do, the gun may burst in your hand or the shot come back and kill you.

  51. In a single night he may, by working hard, kill five cows; but he seldom exceeds that number.

  52. During her seclusion she may eat nothing that lives in salt water, or a snake would kill her.

  53. I was anxious to tear Jahel away from his rage; I thought he would kill her.

  54. He was in the habit of saying that the Elves kill those who reveal their mysteries, and he attributes the death of M.

  55. As he is much more attached to me than he was to my Aunt Myriam, he would kill you, dear, with a better heart than he killed the Portuguese.

  56. I may tell the secret of it, as nobody is present to listen but yourself, some bottles, yonder gentleman whom I intend to kill very shortly, and that girl, who begins to undress herself.

  57. Know, my son, that, had he wanted to kill M.

  58. But I beg of you not to kill my pupil, Jacques Tournebroche.

  59. Well, under such conditions it is impossible for me to kill you.

  60. She said to tell you not to kill yourself with fun, and as you are not going home, she left me to say good night.

  61. Mrs M'Swat was teaching Jimmy how to kill a sheep and dress it for use; while Lizer, who was nurse to the baby and spectator of the performance, was volubly and ungrammatically giving instructions in the art.

  62. And talk about not caring--why, I have felt fit to kill you and myself many a time the last fortnight, you have tormented me so; but I have managed to keep myself within bounds till now.

  63. When uncle Jay-Jay heard the whole particulars of the affair, he lay back in his chair and laughed fit to kill himself.

  64. The fire that a fellow has to endure on that old oven would kill a horse, and the grit and dirt of clearing it up grinds on my very nerves.

  65. The haggard inventor in despair chased everybody out of the room, and sat looking at the thing, wondering whether to smash it, or kill himself.

  66. I always felt Falloden's hand on my shoulder, as he was pushing me down the stairs; and I wanted to kill him!

  67. If it were really injured, if it hindered his music--if it stopped it--it would just kill him!

  68. They'll kill him with work, and will hardly bring in anything.

  69. I was so depressed five minutes ago--I was fit to kill myself.

  70. They have taken our land, they have tried to kill our language and our religion.

  71. I am told that it is difficult to make him attend to business, that he prolongs audiences apparently to kill time.

  72. The cries of even a pig,' said Madame de Beaumont, 'make it disagreeable to kill it.

  73. Sometimes the relation was founded on clearly intelligible grounds, like a resemblance between the thing and the being, as where, to kill an enemy, one pierced a waxen figure supposed to represent him.

  74. One night some students of the famous law-school of that {193} city attempted to kill a slave in the circus, to aid the master in obtaining the favor of a woman who scorned him.

  75. The deliberate resolution to kill a fellow-creature has nothing to do with self-defence.

  76. After his departure, Mariamne declares to her mother that in case Herod perishes, she has determined to kill herself.

  77. He is not content with this, and before he leaves, engages an assassin to kill her in case Antony should put him to death.

  78. Faix and wasn't it only just to kill ye we fired at ye?

  79. I have only to ask you, as a testimony of your love for me, that, if in the coming conflict you should meet my father, you will not kill him.

  80. Kill me as quickly as you can, my good friend," said he to the executioner; "but after you have killed me you may do what you please.

  81. Either you kill the redskins or they will kill you.

  82. There we were in a howling wilderness, hundreds of miles from our families and surrounded by Indians who were determined to kill us.

  83. They kill all things not so strong as they.

  84. Once more he turned to Sam Oliver and in low tones begged him not to kill the man who had been his foster-father nor the other who had been his foster-brother.

  85. They kill many other things, but when wolf find trail of bear he call to all his friends and they begin to chase Mr. Bear.

  86. They are trying to kill us off, and I am not one to sit down quietly and invite them to bring their tomahawks and brain me.

  87. I think if he had threatened to kill me it would have been more possible than his hints and sobs.

  88. Then he began to think--it was absolute fancy--that there was a conspiracy in the town to kill him.

  89. He realized that he would kill Nicholas at the first opportunity and without the slightest hesitation.

  90. He would kill Nicholas without a word's preliminary.

  91. John," she said, suddenly, "did you ever kill a pig?

  92. A slave is likely to kill his master to gain his freedom, but he is not fond enough of murder to kill him when no object is to be gained except a halter.


  93. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "kill" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    abbreviate; abridge; amuse; annihilate; bane; beck; beguile; blood; bloodletting; bloodshed; bourn; branch; brook; bump; burn; butcher; cancel; carry; censor; channel; chloroform; close; complete; constitute; convulse; cork; creek; crush; cut; damp; decree; delete; delight; destroy; destruction; dispatch; divert; drown; edit; enact; end; enliven; entertain; erase; euthanasia; execute; execution; exhilarate; expunge; expurgate; exterminate; extermination; extinguish; fell; filibuster; finish; fold; fracture; fresh; gag; game; gill; gore; hang; hunt; hush; idle; immolate; immolation; kayo; kibosh; kill; knock; legislate; liquidate; lobby; lynch; martyr; martyrdom; massacre; muffle; murder; muzzle; negative; nip; obliterate; omit; ordain; pass; perfect; pick; pigeonhole; pocket; poison; poisoning; prey; purge; quarry; quash; quell; quench; race; railroad; refresh; regale; relax; remove; repress; rescind; rid; river; rivulet; run; runnel; sacrifice; scrag; shoot; shooting; shut; silence; slaughter; slay; slaying; smash; smother; solace; spoil; squash; squelch; stamp; stanch; starve; stifle; stoning; strangle; stream; strike; stultify; subdue; suffocate; suppress; table; take; throttle; tickle; tributary; uproot; venery; veto; victim; void; watercourse; waterway


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    kill herself; kill him; kill himself; kill myself; kill the; kill thee; kill their; kill them; kill time; kill you; killed and; killed himself; killed them; killing them