How to Use electrocute in a Sentence

electrocute

verb
  • Tasers them, electrocutes them, kicks them in the face, throws them across the room.
    — Aditi Shrikant, Vox, 3 Oct. 2018
  • These lights electrocute the good guys, too, in huge numbers.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 3 July 2026
  • These lights electrocute the good guys, too, in huge numbers.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 June 2026
  • These lights electrocute the good guys, too, in huge numbers.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 11 May 2025
  • She might get tangled up in the wires and electrocute herself.
    — Elisa Albert, Longreads, 28 Apr. 2020
  • Priests would even use cattle prongs to electrocute the children.
    — Brandi Morin, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Or maybe the light switch to electrocute you with, to keep the right analogy going.
    — Fox News, 12 July 2018
  • If someone were to get electrocuted or worse —-I can’t have that on my head man.
    — Dan Deluca, Philly.com, 2 June 2018
  • The kids had pointy heads, and everybody looked as if they’d been electrocuted.
    — John Ortved, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017
  • He was electrocuted and died at the scene, the sheriff’s office said.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
  • There’s also a subplot about rat robots that can electrocute you.
    — Rachel Paige, refinery29.com, 5 June 2019
  • So when all the actors jumped in, they were slightly electrocuted.
    — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 3 Nov. 2023
  • They can be electrocuted, drown, set themselves on fire with a faulty stove or fireplace, or freeze to death.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The young men jumped in to rescue the dog but were electrocuted after trying to get out.
    — Nick Sestanovich, The Mercury News, 23 June 2019
  • The police suspect the bird may have been electrocuted because its claws had burn marks on them.
    — Kimberly Fornek, chicagotribune.com, 25 June 2018
  • Her husband was setting up lights for the event when he was electrocuted, the mayor wrote.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The state, one of eight that still electrocute inmates, has yet to assemble a firing squad.
    — Meg Kinnard, Star Tribune, 6 June 2021
  • While working as a lineman two years ago, James was electrocuted and lost half his face.
    — Eileen Finan, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
  • He is repeatedly electrocuted and forced to stay awake for three days straight.
    — Terry Nguyen, Vulture, 26 May 2024
  • Pugs arrives to electrocute Slurp just in time, but now their secret is out and so is Slurp.
    — Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The other brother rushed to help his twin and was also electrocuted.
    — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Two were electrocuted to death while hiding in a high-voltage transformer.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023
  • Some died of hypothermia, burned to death while huddling near a hot plate for warmth, or were electrocuted by the third rail.
    — William McGurn, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2018
  • The idea of electrocuting insects goes back more than a century.
    — Rebekah Kebede, The Atlantic, 5 May 2017
  • If your dog suffers a disabling shock, someone who tries to rescue it can get electrocuted as well.
    — Jane E. Brody, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2017
  • The results showed the birds were not electrocuted, the company said.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
  • This is the crowd-control class, where one use of the impactor can electrocute an entire group of Hiss in one fell swoop.
    — Jason Fanelli, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2025
  • Two of the victims were electrocuted and one was hit by a falling mango tree, officials said.
    — Helen Regan, CNN, 26 Dec. 2019
  • Siberian shoots Nibs, and Hermit then electrocutes her.
    — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
  • There was no concern of being electrocuted.
    — Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025

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