How to Use execution in a Sentence

execution

noun

• The quarterback's execution of the play was perfect.
• He is in prison awaiting execution.
• The state has not set an execution date for Apanovitch.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 10 Dec. 2022
• The execution of Alan Eugene Miller was called off on Sept. 22.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 12 Dec. 2022
• The agency said the execution was carried out Monday morning in Mashhad.
  — Landon Mion, Fox News, 12 Dec. 2022
• Subramaniam believes a leader’s job is to build the right leadership team for execution.
  — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2024
• Injuries didn’t help but a lack of execution more significantly led to a continued inability to stop the run and seize games there to be taken.
  — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2022
• Mazzulla dismissed the idea of a Golden State hangover, but all the signs were there: lack of vigor, lack of focus, lack of execution.
  — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Dec. 2022
• The most recent execution in Oregon was in 1997 by lethal injection.
  — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 14 Dec. 2022
• This particular execution of the Lange 1 is rather unexpected thanks to the small details.
  — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2024
• The Celtics still have the best record in the NBA, but they were taught a valuable lesson about game-planning, execution, and resilience.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Dec. 2022
• The design process — not the design itself — will be standardized, helping the brands learn from one another and establish the smoothest possible path from idea to execution.
  — Evan Clark, WWD, 30 Oct. 2024
• His execution sparked condemnation from the United States and Germany.
  — Benjamin Brown, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
• The execution would be the 12th in the U.S. this year, and the third in Missouri.
  — Jim Salter, ajc, 6 June 2023
• The execution is the second at the Bonne Terre prison in nearly two months, and is the 16th in the U.S. this year.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 1 Aug. 2023
• The point isn’t the plot but the mad precision of the execution.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2024
• But the tape of the execution does not record those details.
  — Denise Lavoie and Sarah Rankin, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Mar. 2023
• The new law required that all executions in the state take place in San Quentin Prison.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2023
• Here's what to know about Burton's execution, his last words, the case and the victim.
  — Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2024
• White was the sixth person killed via execution in the United States in the span of 11 days, according to the AP.
  — Sean Neumann, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
• The secret is that while the core vision remained, the execution would adapt to new thinking and new times.
  — Dave Sirulnick, Variety, 16 May 2023
• The first execution, of Robert Fratta, is set for Jan. 10.
  — Juan A. Lozano, Chron, 3 Jan. 2023
• Like, is just the planning phase of something the creative work, and then the execution, is that still creative work?
  — Julia Felsenthal, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2023
• The pocket and the maturity, the style of rapping, the beats, the execution, the confidence.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2024
• Here is a look at the status of firing squads in the United States: When was the last execution by firing squad?
  — Michael Tarm, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2023
• The Giants have had their chances, but poor execution has often sunk the team in big moments.
  — C.j. Doon, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2024
• Along the way they were robbed, handcuffed and threatened with execution.
  — Declan Walsh, New York Times, 5 May 2023
• This aids tremendously in the execution of tasks and leaves me feeling less stressed.
  — Steve Milo, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
• The real-life overtones may not be funny, but the execution is.
  — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
• During the hostage ordeal, Hamas threatened to kill the captives one by one and film the executions if their demands were not met.
  — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024