How to Use lynch mob in a Sentence

lynch mob

noun
  • The second time was in order to save his own life from a lynch mob.
    — John E. Green, Time, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Rumors of a rape then circulated, Rowland was arrested, and White Tulsans formed a lynch mob.
    — Omar Jimenez, CNN Money, 24 Nov. 2025
  • The pending federal lawsuit against the lynch mob is just the latest indication that since the not-guilty verdict in June, in Norfolk County the hunters have become the hunted.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
  • While authors and historians have suggested the story was fabricated to cover up the couple’s volatile relationship, the white lynch mob that gathered within hours from across Central Florida prompted an exodus of many of Groveland’s Black families, with many never to return.
    — Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2026
  • Meanwhile, a lynch mob formed by the notorious Lake County lawman, Sheriff Willis McCall, shot Thomas, 26, hundreds of times and killed him in a Panhandle encounter, as Thomas tried to flee the state days after Padgett’s accusations.
    — Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2026

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