It killed them off, an' I believe that is one of the diseases of over-production.
If Carmichael killed Riggs, it seemed to Helen that the bottom would drop out of this structure of Western life she had begun to build so earnestly and fearfully.
Then we fell out--or he fell out--because he believed a tame lion of mine had killedsome of his sheep.
It was to Grey, of New Bond Street, that La Motte sold a number of the diamonds from the necklace; Grey gave evidence to that fact, and La Motte killed him.
This woman was a prisoner of long standing, condemned on suspicion of having killed her child.
They pursued her in their sloop, seized and killed the crew, and stole the goods.
Mr. Harrison correctly assumes that no man, in ordinary life, will run the risk of being killed or mutilated except for the sake of some object the achievement of which is profoundly desired by him.
The state killed it, and deprived the metropolis of this service for a hundred and fifty years.
Subsequently, as the Czar is passing, he is killed by a huge explosion.
But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.
And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
Sidenote: The Acts 23] And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD.
Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him.
In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah conspired against Pekahiah, and killed him, and reigned in his stead.
With flying colors and nourish of trumpets, a procession of civic and military bodies was then formed, the parade finally halting at the St. Charles, where the fatted calf had been killed and the succulent ox roasted.
Then Ernest Saint-Prosper who was--killed in Mexico was not the traitor?
Her brother, though no longer able to be on the scene of action, was well aware of what was going on, and as soon as he perceived that his sister's hopes were killed he became an implacable and terrible antagonist to the Rogrons.
Pierrette and he had often protected each other; with what bliss had he given her the money for her journey; he had almost killed himself by running after the diligence when she left him.
We knew we would each have killed the other, if sufficient inducement were offered, and so we took a certain amount of care that the inducement should not arise.
This mountain seems set with these man-traps, and "some day some gentleman's nigger" will get killed down one.
The Bueans, regarding this as their victory, rallied, and a chance shot killed the lieutenant instantly.
But as a general rule all along the Coast the death penalty for murder or adultery is commuted to a fine, or you can send a substitute to be killed for you, if you are rich.
Twins are killed among all the Niger Delta tribes, and in districts out of English control the mother is killed too, except in Omon, where the sanctuary is.
Even its own mother could not be trusted with the child; she would have killed it.
He killed four, and as he was killing the fifth, the people descended from the mountains against him.
I should certainly have killed him, but I was afraid of making Miss Hamilton wait, and I was desirous of giving your Majesty immediate advice of the quicksand, that your couriers may take care to avoid it.
When my mother knew the choice I had made, she was inconsolable; for she reckoned, that had I been a clergyman I should have been a saint; but now she was certain that I should either be a devil in the world, or be killed in the wars.
The cool manner of his refusal, and the politeness with which he took his leave, provoked me to such a degree, that I could almost have killed him.
He had nothing very remarkable either in his wit, or his person; but his sentiments were worthy of the fortune which awaited him, when, on the very point of his elevation, he was killed at sea.
The brain lesion may have killed him before he fell; the superficial injury may have no importance whatever.
An atmosphere of heavenly peace and quiet that I must needs disturb with the blunt question: "And now what was it that killed John Thaneford?
I don't think it was Eunice Trevor who killed him," returned Warriner.
What was it that killed all the Hildebrands throughout two generations?
Then it was not this 'someone' who killed Mr. Graeme," I remarked.
The boy who had killed a Cromwell's man with his little sword had not been lame.
I grabbed it and hurled it from me, and think I must have flung it against a tree and killed it.
Had the second blow been an inch farther down, it probably would have killed him.
Tom, however, killed a rattler that lay coiled on a shelf of granite buzzing away like an alarm clock, but that was the only exciting incident of the morning's ride.
Of ten bandits, the posse had killed or wounded four.
There was a short, sharp struggle during the day in Fleet Street, between some of the fanatics and the Guards, which was stamped out by repeated bayonet charges which killed and wounded many.
A young man named Allan, who seems to have had nothing to do with the scuffle, waskilled in a private house by some of the soldiers who had forced an entrance in pursuit of one of their assailants.
The mob that jeered and insulted the master very nearly killed the servant for the single offence of being a Frenchman.
Shrewsbury, Duke of, killedby Duke of Buckingham, i.
Israel Putnam, who killed a wolf once with his own hands in his wild youth, gripping it by the throat till he had choked its life out, had come to fight against the flag beneath which he had fought so well in the French wars.
A young man named George Clarke had been killedin a riot and a man named Edward M'Quirk was tried and found guilty of the murder.
Seldom has even the assassin's hand stricken a worse blow than that which killed Lord Kilwarden.
In March 1286 Alexander was killed and Margaret became queen.
Later he passed into the service of the sultan of Turkey, and was killed in battle about 1394.
The lover is killedby the husband, but in due time is avenged by his son.
But his habits were the reverse of methodical; the paper appeared at the most irregular intervals; and, though it contained some excellent work, its irregularity killed it.
Nearly thirty thousand of the French and Bavarians were killed and wounded, and eleven thousand of the French who had been driven down to the Danube were forced to surrender.
On the French side probably 8000 werekilled or died of wounds.
On the night of the 31st of July Marcel was about to open the gates of the capital to them, but Jean Maillart prevented the execution of this design, and killed him before the Porte Saint-Antoine.
In August 1398 he waskilled in fight with an Irish clan, and was buried in Wigmore Abbey.
Who Killed Brett Whiteley Actually, it was Lloyd Rees killed off Brett Whiteley who couldnt live the promise of old age, the calm terror of it.
I think you may have killed a few of us off, brother, who rejoiced in your thicket of sorrows.
I mean that that Deer is not to be killed if I can prevent it, and while it is on my land, I think I can.
I am afraid those hounds drove him out where a hunter could get a shot and kill him, or else that they tired him out and killed him themselves," thought Sammy.
Either those hounds caught him and killed him, or he was shot by one of those hunters.
Now when you come to think of it, it would have been a far greater shame for the hunter to have killed Mr. and Mrs. Quack than for Reddy Fox to have done so.
He even began to suspect that this man had himself killed Lightfoot, for he had been sure that as soon as he had become rested Lightfoot would start for the woods, and Lightfoot had done nothing of the kind.
Many months elapsed, but Mary had no tidings of her affianced lover; and, about the time she expected his return a report was circulated that he was killed in a naval engagement.
It was not known here till years after the fatal mishap that I'an was killed by a shot from the Mur, or that it was his ship's company who sent many of his old crew to a watery grave.
There were mares killed in bullfights before the eyes of young girls, who, rosy with joy, watched the intestines of these unhappy beasts sweep the hot sand of the arena.
In Damascus it is said an American adventuress ensnared Hafsa Pasha, and her friends killed him.
He was killed by an old enemy, whom he had bitterly wronged.
The turkey and the other fowls were then killed by having their necks wrung, and the carcasses of all five were removed to the house to be prepared by the women.
By this diversion the object was gained, but with the loss of Captain Coostrey of the Cambridge, and 161 killed and wounded.
The Spaniards behaved well, as the squadron suffered very considerable damages, besides having nearly four hundred killed and wounded.
Strachan, of Marines, brother to the present Sir Richard, waskilled upon the forecastle of the Edgar in this action.
Eight hundred and seventy five Seamen and Marine Soldiers were killed and wounded upon that momentous day.
After a skirmish, the English detachment fell back, with the loss of some killedand wounded, besides one Lieutenant and a few other prisoners.
Nearly seven hundred composed the list of killedand wounded upon this occasion.
The capture of La Reunion, by the Crescent, Captain Saumarez, was a proof of English discipline, as the republican frigate sustained a loss of 120 killed and wounded, without one accident on our side.
One hundred and seventy two Officers, Seamen, and Marines were killed and wounded in this patriotic attempt.
We received them with a brisk fire from our parallels, and all that appeared were either killed or wounded.
Admiral Hotham's loss, in killed and wounded, upon this partial occasion, was 315 Seamen and Marines.
After a loss of 90 Seamen and Marines killed and wounded, Sir James could not follow his flying foe.
Braddock; how he had fired repeatedly at Washington, and had killed two horses under him, and how at last he came to the conclusion that Washington was protected by the Great Spirit who destined him for a great future.
This party of Indians had either killed or captured the white man who had been hunting.
Last October Tige killed a raccoon that had the wooliest kind of a fur.
Probably, in attempting to escape again, he has been killed as was poor Andrew.
We have captured and killed the messenger you sent out, and now all hope of succor must be abandoned.
Tarhe went forth in his war paint and killed the braves who named her Smiling Moon.
Probably they had killed a deer and were getting their evening meal.
It's quite probable that Miller has killed Alfred and that there's worse to follow.
Some day I shall be killed while trying to get away, and then, if you truly love me, you will never forgive yourself.
The redskins killed all the prisoners exceptin' Crawford and Knight.
I almost killed myself in that race for the bottle this morning.
The seven eagle plumes in his scalp-lock represented seven warriors that he had killed in battle.
Wetzel killed a deer and we baited a likely place where we had discovered many bear tracks.
I fell from the limb, but he fell too and Tige killed him and Sam stuffed him for me.
In any danger, were I alone, I might be easily killed or captured, while if you are by my side you can save me from injury.
I have killed in battle scores of my enemies; by the might of my sword and my good right arm I have conquered many nations; all my life people have feared me.
They were the rivers of the blood of my enemies; With my war-axe I killed them.
It was Umbashi who had collided with them and accompanying him was Aga, the man who killed the rogue elephant.
He had been a mighty warrior in the old days, he said, and the weapon be carried was his war axe with which he had killed uncounted enemies.
Of the twenty-five men who had attacked the adventurers' camp ten had been killed outright and half a dozen others so badly wounded that they could not move.
You have killed him," he said raising his voice imprudently in his anger.
Fortunately for his intended victim--for Barr in his rage would not have cared had he killed him--he ducked just in time and the blow was a glancing one.
A rival tribe, however, had killed his father and mother and driven him to the coast with the few survivors of his village.
The latter supposes that Adrastus, the son of Midas, king of Phrygia, killed his brother in consequence of a quarrel which took place between them in regard to a battle of quails.
In like manner, the savages in the South Seas are acquainted with the art of giving more beauty and value to their ornaments made of feathers, shells, and the teeth of their enemies killed in battle.
There is reason to think that the armies in Homer, and until the introduction of Christianity, and the invention of gunpowder, had in every battle but few wounded, and always a much greater proportion of killed than in modern times.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "killed" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
