How to Use victim in a Sentence

victim

noun

• He was the victim of an error.
• The victim tried to drive away but was shot in the process.
  — Henri Hollis, ajc, 12 July 2023
• In that case, too, the victims paid the hackers' ransom.
  — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2024
• On Friday, the names of the 18 victims who lost their lives were released.
  — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 1 Nov. 2023
• One of the victims who died lived in an apartment on the same block on which the body was found Wednesday.
  — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2024
• Kevin Bohlin signed the names of the four victims from the area’s Deaf community who were killed.
  — Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023
• His victims — nine who died and one who was injured — were all Black.
  — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
• The researcher and theft victim next turned to crime forums on the dark web and YouTube videos discussing how to steal cars.
  — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 7 Apr. 2023
• The attack did not break the skin of the victim; Game and Fish did not say if the victim was treated for rabies.
  — The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2024
• According to the courts, police, and those closest to Franke, the kids are victims.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2023
• Boyle compared Jenkins to a fraud victim who still believes in the scam.
  — Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
• The two men got out of the car, at which point Sanchez shot the victim, according to the prosecutor.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2024
• All five victims were in their 60s and the three survivors were being treated for burns.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
• Police said at the time that the victim appeared to have been targeted.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2023
• And the community has still found ways to honor the victims.
  — Nathan Smith, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2024
• There’s always someone speaking for them, which puts them in the role of victims.
  — Matthew Jacobs, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2023
• The crowd could be seen scattering as shooting victims fell to the ground, some failing to get up.
  — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 9 Apr. 2024
• The Free Press is not naming the father to protect the identity of the minor victim.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 7 Apr. 2023
• Per the docs, both the victim's wife and another passenger yelled at Lopez to stop.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024
• The defendant then picked up the victim and began to carry her away.
  — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
• The victim, who was a passenger in the vehicle, was ejected and pronounced dead at the scene.
  — The Courier-Journal, 29 Mar. 2024
• Mixon is also ordered as part of his bond to have no contact with the alleged victim.
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 19 Apr. 2023
• The identity of the victim has not been released, according to CBS News.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 18 Dec. 2023
• Latisha Fox, who described herself as a longtime friend of the family, read the names of the victims as the balloons flew into the sky.
  — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
• The sixth-year senior was the victim of a shooting during a robbery attempt.
  — Stephen Means, cleveland, 19 Aug. 2023
• Perry County Coroner Robert Ressler said the victim had gone to the home with her young son, who ran for help when two of the three dogs present attacked.
  — CBS News, 20 Mar. 2023
• The unidentified victim was found alive less than two days later.
  — Corin Cesaric, Peoplemag, 11 Feb. 2024
• For Batali’s victims, though, his reappearance is no doubt a painful confrontation with the past.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 6 Dec. 2023
• Chappell convinced the victims to endorse the checks issued to them by Alfa.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 26 July 2023
• The victim is then unable to account for the fraudulent purchase.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 7 May 2024