Examples of “slain” in a Sentence

4 example sentences showing how to use slain, grouped by meaning.

noun Those who have been killed, especially in battle.

While the Valkyries were the choosers of the valorous slain, they were also obedient to the call of any in distress who asked their help. — Mary Elizabeth Lewis, The Ring of the Nibelung (1906)
A memorial service was held for the slain of the war.
The poem honors the slain who never returned from the battlefield.
Villagers laid flowers each year for the slain of the old war.