Examples of Klan in a Sentence
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In a cruel but not unusual betrayal of justice in that era, a jury later convicted Hayling of assaulting the Klan members.
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Mark Dorosin, Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2024
Edgar Ray Killen, a part-time preacher and Klan leader who got off with a hung jury in the federal trial, was found guilty in state court of three counts of manslaughter.
—Michael S. Williamson, Washington Post, 17 June 2024
Simultaneously stylish and intimate, romantic and down to earth, Klan 414 has earned its biggest hometown show to date, as an opener for one of the fest’s hottest bookings, emerging phenomenon Ivan Cornejo.
—Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 13 June 2024
So, unfortunately, is the Klan, which is intent on wresting control of the city from its people and putting it under white, capitalist authority.
—The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
Undoubtedly the most influential Spaghetti Western not directed by Sergio Leone, Django takes the ugliness and violence of Leone’s films up several notches for a story that pits an ex-Union soldier named Django (Franco Nero) against the Klan and other foes.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2024
Communists, Klan members and fascists were battling one another, according to Life.
—Tom Stanton, Detroit Free Press, 12 Feb. 2024
The White Caps' tactics were similar to the KKK's, and there's at least some evidence that the Ohio law was later used to charge Klan members.
—Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 15 May 2024
By effectively utilizing the Ku Klux Klan Act to file a lawsuit against the Klan, these five women were able to dismantle the KKK in Chattanooga.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 5 Mar. 2024
Mark Dorosin, Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2024
Edgar Ray Killen, a part-time preacher and Klan leader who got off with a hung jury in the federal trial, was found guilty in state court of three counts of manslaughter.
—Michael S. Williamson, Washington Post, 17 June 2024
Simultaneously stylish and intimate, romantic and down to earth, Klan 414 has earned its biggest hometown show to date, as an opener for one of the fest’s hottest bookings, emerging phenomenon Ivan Cornejo.
—Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 13 June 2024
So, unfortunately, is the Klan, which is intent on wresting control of the city from its people and putting it under white, capitalist authority.
—The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
Undoubtedly the most influential Spaghetti Western not directed by Sergio Leone, Django takes the ugliness and violence of Leone’s films up several notches for a story that pits an ex-Union soldier named Django (Franco Nero) against the Klan and other foes.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2024
Communists, Klan members and fascists were battling one another, according to Life.
—Tom Stanton, Detroit Free Press, 12 Feb. 2024
The White Caps' tactics were similar to the KKK's, and there's at least some evidence that the Ohio law was later used to charge Klan members.
—Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 15 May 2024
By effectively utilizing the Ku Klux Klan Act to file a lawsuit against the Klan, these five women were able to dismantle the KKK in Chattanooga.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 5 Mar. 2024
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“Klan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Klan. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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