How to Use guillotine in a Sentence

guillotine

noun
  • Keep it safe with this bagel guillotine that'll give you a swift, even slice.
    — Billy Cadden, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2019
  • That’s when the guillotine rolls out.
    — Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Miocic looks for a guillotine in the process but gives it up.
    — Todd Martin, latimes.com, 21 Jan. 2018
  • Of course Trump didn’t call for a guillotine.
    — Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2026
  • Rockhold briefly looks for a guillotine choke but doesn’t get it.
    — Todd Martin, latimes.com, 6 July 2019
  • This sleek, black guillotine-style slicer makes swift work of your bagels safely.
    — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Trump’s fundraising email subjects veer from hugs to guillotines.
    — Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 14 June 2024
  • Font lands another knee late and goes for a guillotine choke at the close.
    — Todd Martin, latimes.com, 8 July 2017
  • Pettis looks for the finish with a guillotine choke but doesn’t get it.
    — Todd Martin, latimes.com, 8 July 2018
  • Harb still has the guillotine and already has an idea of how to use it in the future.
    — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Maine is shaped like a guillotine blade, pitched a few degrees toward the ocean.
    — Porter Fox, New York Times, 20 June 2018
  • Once on the ground, Figueiredo tried to lock up a guillotine but ran out of time.
    — Danny Segura, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2022
  • He was slated for the guillotine.
    — Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
  • One of them shows men in hooded robes cutting off Bruno’s head in a guillotine.
    — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Reigns punched his way out of the submission hold and put Punk back in the guillotine.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
  • There are a few Democrats who see the lines lengthening at the guillotine and wish to duck out.
    — Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 10 Dec. 2019
  • From above, a worker released the metal door, which dropped like a guillotine.
    — Jason Florio, Smithsonian, 22 May 2018
  • Simply lift the blade, pop the bagel inside, and lower the guillotine.
    — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 19 Jan. 2023
  • There was just one tiny issue — guillotines aren't exactly sold at your local store.
    — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Costa stepped back and beheld the guillotine.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Welcome to the era where the screen is king, and analog buttons are facing the guillotine.
    — Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2021
  • Some of the designs feature guillotines, guns and target symbols.
    — Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The nuns went to the guillotine singing the Ave Maris Stella.
    — Longreads, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Ivanov attacks the neck with a guillotine but Tuivasa gets his head out.
    — Todd Martin, latimes.com, 8 June 2019
  • Ivanov pulls Tuivasa down late and looks for a guillotine choke before the round ends.
    — Todd Martin, latimes.com, 8 June 2019
  • Matthews tries again in the final minute and Akman attempts a guillotine choke at the close.
    — Todd Martin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2019
  • Jackson hurts Punk with a punch but Punk looks for a standing guillotine.
    — Todd Martin, latimes.com, 10 June 2018
  • Shock-rock legend cuts like a guillotine on a return to Detroit roots.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 7 July 2021
  • Murphy goes for the guillotine again but this time Tukhugov gets out more easily.
    — Todd Martin, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2019
  • The guillotine’s story in France had begun just a few years prior.
    — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Jan. 2025

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