PILLORY in a Sentence
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Example sentences for PILLORY, such as:Be that as it might, the scaffold of the pillory was a point of view that revealed to Hester Prynne the entire track along which she had ...
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Meanings and Examples of PILLORY
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pillory
n. a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn
v. punish by putting in a pillory
Classic Sentence:
1 Be that as it might, the scaffold of the pillory was a point of view that revealed to Hester Prynne the entire track along which she had been treading, since her happy infancy.
2 As the sacred edifice was too much thronged to admit another auditor, she took up her position close beside the scaffold of the pillory.
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