Sentence examples for for beheading from inspiring English sources

THE capital of the French republic is better known for beheading monarchs than celebrating them.

It is known both for spiritual dimensions that give it shades of a religious cult and for beheading its rivals.

The rebels are known for beheading political enemies, chopping off the hands of thieves and stoning women accused of adultery.

A group affiliated with Jordanian terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed responsibility for beheading the Bulgarians.

Flanagan even ventures into the minds of the Japanese officers: one takes drugs, another has a taste for beheading.

Earlier in the week, Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for beheading three men whom the group accused of spying for Yemeni intelligence while posing as Qaeda operatives.

Goethe reserves the horrified anticipation of beheading for this magnificent last scene.

For all Hussein's disillusionment, he still believed in Sharia — in flogging for fornication, stoning for adultery, and beheading for apostasy — but he wanted it to be applied under a democratic government grounded in human rights.

The movement has started to kill its own followers, sometimes for fleeing before the enemy and on at least one occasion supposedly for zealously beheading too many people.

A 40-year-old man has gone on trial for allegedly beheading his mother and dismembering her body.

Human rights campaigners condemned Saudi Arabia for publicly beheading five migrants on Monday, as the Kingdom continues to carry out executions at the highest rate seen in recent years.