patricide in a sentence

Examples

1. On the surface the book relates the story of a patricide in which all of the murdered man's sons share varying degrees of complicity.
2. But for body count " West " handily tops the trilogy, with two deaths by drowning in addition to the plot-propelling patricide.
3. In the version of Sophocles, when his city was struck by a plague, Oedipus learned that it was divine punishment for his patricide and incest.
4. One legacy from those bygone era is the offence of " murder of a family member " ( e . g . patricide and matricide ).
5. However, the argument quoted-the inconsistency between Oedipus'and Jocasta's versions of Laius'death-seems to exonerate him only of patricide.
6. It was meted out for major offences such as high treason, mass murder, patricide / matricide or the murder of one's master or employer.
7. Throughout the series, her memories return, mostly through a series of nightmares, revealing a history of incestual rape and patricide with her father, Richard Troy.
8. Seemingly a story of horrifying cruelty and patricide, it is, in import, about the impatience of Maithili writers of the younger generation with their older counterparts.
9. This sets Blue Duck on a murderous path of villainy and patricide and provides background for his conflict with Gus and Call later in " Lonesome Dove ."
10. Saving the man he swore to kill, Destro reveals a new side of himself : that of an honorable man who cannot condone patricide, even against a hated foe.