Slew can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| slew - move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" | ||
| slew - turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" | ||
Noun |
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| slew - (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" |
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| 1. | noun | A slew of journalists. | |
| 2. | noun | A slew of corporate logos adorned the entrance to the soccer match. | |
| 3. | noun | The prince slew the dragon. | |
| 4. | noun | " 'twixt whom a feud took fire. / He, reckless of a sister's love, and blind / with lust of gold, Sychaeus unaware / slew by the altar, and with impious mind / long hid the deed, and flattering hopes and fair / devised, to cheat the lover of her care." | |
| 5. | noun | He sees, how, fighting round the Trojan wall, / here fled the Greeks, the Trojan youth pursue, / here fled the Phrygians, and, with helmet tall, / Achilles in his chariot stormed and slew. | |
| 6. | noun | Laocoon, Neptune's priest, by lot ordained, / a stately bull before the altar slew. | |
| 7. | noun | But when our fortune and our hopes declined, / the treacherous King the conqueror's cause professed, / and, false to faith, to friendship and to kind, / slew Polydorus, and his wealth possessed. / Curst greed of gold, what crimes thy tyrant power attest! | |
| 8. | noun | On each close approach to the Sun it will sample the solar wind, study the Sun’s corona, and provide unprecedentedly close up observations from around our star — and armed with its slew of innovative technologies, we know it will keep its cool the whole time. | |
| 9. | noun | Rama slew Ravana. | |
| 10. | noun | And behold the third day, when the pain of the wound was greatest: two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, the brothers of Dina, taking their swords, entered boldly into the city and slew all the men. And they killed also Hemor and Sichem, and took away their sister Dina out of Sichem's house. | |
| 11. | noun | And therefore the Lord slew him, because he did a detestable thing. | |
| 12. | noun | Let not my soul go into their counsel, nor my glory be in their assembly: because in their fury they slew a man, and in their self-will they undermined a wall. | |
| 13. | noun | And Cain said to Abel his brother: Let us go forth abroad. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and slew him. | |
| 14. | noun | Adam also knew his wife again: and she brought forth a son, and called his name Seth, saying: God hath given me another seed for Abel, whom Cain slew. | |
| 15. | noun | Tom slew the dragon. | |
| 16. | verb | His jokes really slay me. | |
| 17. | verb | Then on the third day, when they saw the mountain where they had to go to slay Isaac, then Abraham said to those two servants thus: | |
| 18. | verb | 'Now that I have realized that you truly fear God, now that you would slay your only begotten son for him.' | |
| 19. | verb | When Achilles would draw his sword to slay Agamemnon, Athena, invisible to all else, holds him back by a lock of hair. Here Homer shows us the gods as the psychology of ancient Greece. | |
| 20. | verb | We have to get to the dragon and slay it to rescue the princess! | |
| 21. | verb | We need someone to slay the dragon. | |
| 22. | verb | We, massed in onset, make the foe retire, / and slay them, wildered, weetless of the way. / Fortune, with favouring smile, assists our first essay. | |
| 23. | verb | All to the strange encounter, sword in hand, / rush forth, these miscreants of the deep to slay. | |
| 24. | verb | Slay the prince and come back to us! | |
| 25. | verb | Far be it from thee to do this thing, and to slay the just with the wicked, and for the just to be in like case as the wicked; this is not beseeming thee: thou who judgest all the earth, wilt not make this judgment. | |
| 26. | verb | Now Abimelech had not touched her, and he said: Lord, wilt thou slay a nation that is ignorant and just? | |
| 27. | verb | Sometimes you have to slay a few dragons to get to the princess. | |
| 28. | verb | The enemy said: I will pursue and overtake, I will divide the spoils, my soul shall have its fill: I will draw my sword, my hand shall slay them. | |
| 29. | verb | 'Twas Thomas who did slay the dragon. | |
| 30. | verb | His jokes really slay me. |
| Sentence | |
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| noun | |
| A slew of journalists. |
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| A slew of corporate logos adorned the entrance to the soccer match. | |
| The prince slew the dragon. | |
| " 'twixt whom a feud took fire. / He, reckless of a sister's love, and blind / with lust of gold, Sychaeus unaware / slew by the altar, and with impious mind / long hid the deed, and flattering hopes and fair / devised, to cheat the lover of her care." | |
| He sees, how, fighting round the Trojan wall, / here fled the Greeks, the Trojan youth pursue, / here fled the Phrygians, and, with helmet tall, / Achilles in his chariot stormed and slew. | |
| Laocoon, Neptune's priest, by lot ordained, / a stately bull before the altar slew. | |
| But when our fortune and our hopes declined, / the treacherous King the conqueror's cause professed, / and, false to faith, to friendship and to kind, / slew Polydorus, and his wealth possessed. / Curst greed of gold, what crimes thy tyrant power attest! | |
| On each close approach to the Sun it will sample the solar wind, study the Sun’s corona, and provide unprecedentedly close up observations from around our star — and armed with its slew of innovative technologies, we know it will keep its cool the whole time. | |
| Rama slew Ravana. | |
| And behold the third day, when the pain of the wound was greatest: two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, the brothers of Dina, taking their swords, entered boldly into the city and slew all the men. And they killed also Hemor and Sichem, and took away their sister Dina out of Sichem's house. | |
| And therefore the Lord slew him, because he did a detestable thing. | |
| Let not my soul go into their counsel, nor my glory be in their assembly: because in their fury they slew a man, and in their self-will they undermined a wall. | |
| And Cain said to Abel his brother: Let us go forth abroad. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and slew him. | |
| Adam also knew his wife again: and she brought forth a son, and called his name Seth, saying: God hath given me another seed for Abel, whom Cain slew. | |
| Tom slew the dragon. | |
| verb | |
| His jokes really slay me. | |
| Then on the third day, when they saw the mountain where they had to go to slay Isaac, then Abraham said to those two servants thus: | |
| 'Now that I have realized that you truly fear God, now that you would slay your only begotten son for him.' | |
| When Achilles would draw his sword to slay Agamemnon, Athena, invisible to all else, holds him back by a lock of hair. Here Homer shows us the gods as the psychology of ancient Greece. | |
| We have to get to the dragon and slay it to rescue the princess! | |
| We need someone to slay the dragon. | |
| We, massed in onset, make the foe retire, / and slay them, wildered, weetless of the way. / Fortune, with favouring smile, assists our first essay. | |
| All to the strange encounter, sword in hand, / rush forth, these miscreants of the deep to slay. | |
| Slay the prince and come back to us! | |
| Far be it from thee to do this thing, and to slay the just with the wicked, and for the just to be in like case as the wicked; this is not beseeming thee: thou who judgest all the earth, wilt not make this judgment. | |
| Now Abimelech had not touched her, and he said: Lord, wilt thou slay a nation that is ignorant and just? | |
| Sometimes you have to slay a few dragons to get to the princess. | |
| The enemy said: I will pursue and overtake, I will divide the spoils, my soul shall have its fill: I will draw my sword, my hand shall slay them. | |
| 'Twas Thomas who did slay the dragon. | |
| His jokes really slay me. | |