How to use "gallows" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "gallows" in popular movie and book plots

  • Meanwhile, Johnny Madrid, a dangerous local outlaw, escapes from the gallows and kidnaps his hangman's beautiful daughter, Esmeralda.  - From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter
  • Markham, meanwhile, has obtained a document that could send the Old Gentleman to the gallows by proving he is a Jacobite.  - The Masqueraders
  • Leggatt, a "stranger" on the other ship just as the captain is on his, would certainly face the gallows on landing.  - The Secret Sharer
  • Redding walks to the gallows but not before being hugged by his son and another heartfelt goodbye.  - The Jack Bull
  • They're at a labor camp by the great river, toiling in the mud among corpses that hang from gallows as the soldiers whip them.  - Shaolin Temple (1982 film)
  • Mansoor Al-Hallaj climbed the gallows with his head held high, not the least daunted by his imminent death.  - Anal Haq
  • Charlie has nine days to find and kill Arthur, or else Mikey will be hanged from the gallows on Christmas Day.  - The Proposition (2005 film)
  • Shivani soon kills the prison guard by dragging her to the gallows and hanging her by her neck.  - Anjaam
  • He finds a large book with drawings of two men hanging on a gallows and two women in a bed.  - The Saragossa Manuscript (film)
  • As mr Brownlow escorts a tearful Oliver to his own carriage, gallows are being set up in the courtyard.  - Oliver Twist (2005 film)
  • Armstrong) while the hangman's gallows are being built nearby.  - Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
  • Frankenstein assembles his creation with a robber's corpse found on a gallows and both hands and eyes purchased from charnel house workers.  - The Curse of Frankenstein
  • On the day of Packer's execution he is saved at the gallows by Polly.  - Cannibal! The Musical
  • At Port Royal, Jack is led to the gallows to be hanged for piracy.  - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  • The action moves to the gallows at the Websterbridge market place, where Dick is soon to be hanged.  - The Devil's Disciple
  • Relieved, Selma sings the final song on the gallows with no musical accompaniment, although she is hanged before she finishes.  - Dancer in the Dark

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