How to Use murderous in a Sentence

murderous

adjective

• The lead runner set a murderous pace.
• I can't stand this murderous heat.
• The second film will once again follow the murderous doll.
  — Town & Country, 19 Jan. 2023
• As per usual, Joe tries to turn over a new leaf and no longer be a murderous stalker.
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2023
• The next time someone tells you Hollywood is out of ideas, show them the trailer for the movie about the murderous bear high on cocaine.
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 30 Nov. 2022
• The murderous nurse also targeted a mother of twins, who was already grieving the loss of a son.
  — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 21 Aug. 2023
• Lucy Letby, the UK's most murderous child serial killer, has been sentenced to life in prison.
  — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 21 Aug. 2023
• They were found by rescuers more than 10 hours after the murderous assault.
  — Matt Gutman, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2023
• Biden is sending a message to a murderous dictator that the free world won't be steamrolled.
  — Julian Mark, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2023
• There is such joy in the music and in the appreciation of it — joy that will be tempered by tanks in the streets, ordered there by a murderous regime.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2024
• These are the season 2 questions fans need answered following the murderous boat scene — and quite frankly, so does White.
  — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2023
• Teens shivered at — but were not deterred by — the urban legend of the Hook, a murderous maniac on the loose, armed with a hook instead of a right hand.
  — Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2023
• This strategy might be the only way out of the current murderous spiral.
  — Jean-Pierre Filiu, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2024
• Don't be like the murderous superfan in Amazon's Swarm.
  — Omar L. Gallaga, WIRED, 1 July 2023
• The video, directed by Wolf James, stars actor Domhnall Gleeson as a man caught in a murderous time loop.
  — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2023
• Would Iran stop funding them and their murderous campaign?
  — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
• But what happens when great power comes from a sentient alien symbiote with a murderous hive mind?
  — Katcy Stephan, Variety, 16 Oct. 2023
• The source here is Tehran — the head of the terrible and murderous and terroristic octopus.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 Jan. 2024
• After Netflix picked up You from Lifetime in 2018, the show about a murderous psychopath became a megahit and spawned three more seasons.
  — Jihane Bousfiha, Men's Health, 20 Jan. 2023
• As the murderous mogul Henry Waters, who slices down anyone that stands in the way of his town’s redevelopment, Long steals the show once again.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 10 Nov. 2023
• Is Elizabeth’s murderous action a kind of #MeToo move, made some 150 years in advance?
  — Maggie Doherty, The New Republic, 16 June 2023
• The world of Rebirth is lovely to be in, even when hunting for a murderous psycho with a comically large sword.
  — Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 22 Feb. 2024
• While inspecting the horse tracks the murderous lawmen left behind, he's approached by a young man on horseback.
  — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 19 Feb. 2023
• Alan Cumming, for example, the mayor of Schmigadoon, is now a Sweeney Todd-like butcher with a murderous streak.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2023
• The character is based on a historical figure of the same name who was renowned for his murderous conquests.
  — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2024
• Hunter told the story of Harry Powell, a murderous ex-con who takes up the identity of a preacher in order to do his misdeeds.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Mar. 2024
• Daphne has brought up her love of murderous stories multiple times.
  — Time, 7 Dec. 2022
• This morning, Hamas launched a murderous surprise attack against the State of Israel and its citizens.
  — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2023
• The flashbacks reveal to Wednesday that Garrett went into a murderous rage and nearly beat her father, Gomez, to death.
  — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 29 Nov. 2022
• Biting gnats can be downright murderous in warmer months.
  — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 July 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024