Examples of hit man in a Sentence
She hired a hit man to kill her ex-husband.
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Dust Bunny is the story of a young girl who asks Mikkelsen's character, a hit man, to take care of a monster under her bed.
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Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Jan. 2026
The previous night, she was threatened in her own home by the Colombian hit man Cortez.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2025
Armando is warned by the resistance to leave the country as regime hit men track him down.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2025
His trial lasted seven weeks and included testimonies from some of his former hit men, including John Veasey, who helped to prove that Stanfa had directed a bloody campaign against Merlino, per UPI.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
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Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Jan. 2026
The previous night, she was threatened in her own home by the Colombian hit man Cortez.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2025
Armando is warned by the resistance to leave the country as regime hit men track him down.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2025
His trial lasted seven weeks and included testimonies from some of his former hit men, including John Veasey, who helped to prove that Stanfa had directed a bloody campaign against Merlino, per UPI.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Hit man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hit%20man. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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