Read full poem →Which must be heavenly when an angel plays:
But killing charms your lover's death contrive,
Lest heavenly music should be heard alive.
Dictionary Entry
To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
In a Sentence
“Smoking kills more people each year than alcohol and drugs combined.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. killing
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Poetry examples for “killing”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →But ah! what aggravates the killing smart,
The cruel thought, that stabs me to the heart;
Read full poem →A mournful glance Sir Fopling upwards cast,
'Those eyes are made so killing!'--was his last.
Thus on Maeander's flowery margin lies
Read full poem →that Clergy begin to show their good affection
to King killing and Emperor killing." Early in
1677 he represented himself to Edward Thomp-
Read full poem →Pillagers of the Bear Island agency, made an assault on
the U. S. troops, killing Major Wilkinson and several
others. The troops were under command of Gen. Bacon.
Read full poem →That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my ANNABEL LEE.
Read full poem →Robbed a traveler one Night near Proctor’s Grove,
Killing him unwittingly while doing so,
For which I was tried and hanged.
Read full poem →And told him the whole secret story.
Fourteen years were enough for killing me.
Read full poem →"If men were not for killing so carelessly,
And women were for wiser endurances,"
Read full poem →These are thy wonders, Lord of power,
Killing and quick'ning, bringing down to hell
And up to heaven in an hour;