Of all the crimes committed, matricide must be about the worst. From LearnThat.org.
He must not bring about the monstrum of matricide. From Wordnik.com. [Modality and Hamlet] Reference
A talking baby bent on world domination and matricide. From Wordnik.com. ["For Republicans, there's only one candidate of hope: Hillary Rodham Clinton."] Reference
Is this gory matricide a case of monkey see/monkey die?. From Wordnik.com. [31 Screams: Marilyn Eastman] Reference
If indeed the stain of the matricide hath fallen on it. From Wordnik.com. [The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I.] Reference
Warwick Marsh child protection matricide mother secrecy world. From Wordnik.com. [Matriarchy: A way of peace] Reference
Innocent of matricide, the sixth King Mithridates ruled alone. From Wordnik.com. [The Grass Crown]
The #7 worst is "Any Eminem song about matricide, Quaaludes, or fatherhood.". From Wordnik.com. [Review: Candy Girl] Reference
Gaia, the Earth, is our mother and we are engaging in matricide against her. From Wordnik.com. [We've become our own predators".] Reference
The grotesque figures within these tanks seemed utterly capable of matricide. From Wordnik.com. [Time Streams]
But when we listened to the CD, we found that it contained no themes of matricide or suicide. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 26, 2005] Reference
So, what good is it that I think I'm so smart when I'm practically committing matricide-by-failure?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-03-01] Reference
So here's hoping the book treads the same path as Heavenly Creatures sans the matricide, of course. From Wordnik.com. [Should You See Bridge To Terabithia?] Reference
I have spoken of infanticide; but indeed the ethic involved is rather that of parricide and matricide. From Wordnik.com. [G.K. Speaks - The Family and The Feud] Reference
There could well be a case of rural matricide later today when it becomes known that I've shared this with the world. From Wordnik.com. [52 entries from February 2007] Reference
Books about matricide admittedly not that common in my general reading so this one quite a challenge so on that more soon. From Wordnik.com. [Alice Sebold] Reference
This story of a matricide can be read as an allegory, a fairy tale about Spain's monstrous sufferings and furious internal strife. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Prize in Literature 1989 - Presentation Speech] Reference
And, you know, matricide and patricide have always been viewed as among the most horrible, if not the most horrible, of all crimes. From Wordnik.com. [Alliance]
And the housemaid (a matricide, will-forging slattern). From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Humorous Verse] Reference
Shouts of "Buffoon, actor, matricide!" were heard round about. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03] Reference
Alice Sebold: Start with a matricide, and go downhill from there. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
That was one of the first recorded acts of matricide in the Colonies. From Wordnik.com. [WSJ.com: What's News US] Reference
"The court can think of no graver crime than matricide," Wagoner said. From Wordnik.com. Reference
"Absolution to any parricide, matricide, or fratricide, for three ducats.". From Wordnik.com. [Faust's Leben, Thaten und Höllenfahrt. English] Reference
'Twere absolution for the matricide, to strike one rivet from your chains. From Wordnik.com. [Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2)] Reference
Nero is a matricide like Orestes, but -- in scaena numquam cantavit Orestes. From Wordnik.com. [Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal] Reference
Nero's matricide was not a crime, in so far as it was a positive outward act. From Wordnik.com. [Short Studies on Great Subjects] Reference
In the midst of shouts were heard cries: "Ahenobarbus! matricide! incendiary!". From Wordnik.com. [Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero] Reference
This takes Maria over the edge leading Maria to use more violent ways to commit matricide. From Wordnik.com. [Anime Nano!] Reference
A stichomuthic contest ensues; the Furies reproach Apollo with taking the part of a matricide. From Wordnik.com. [Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy] Reference
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