Examples of hit man in a Sentence

She hired a hit man to kill her ex-husband.

Recent Examples on the Web Hopper and Joyce make it to the control room with the self-destruct keys and are immediately met with Grigori (Andrey Ivchenko), the Russian hit man who’s been stalking them all season. — Helena Andrews-dyer, Washington Post, 27 May 2022 Set in Northern Ireland, its plot involves a former IRA hit man, Sean Dillon, the subject of many of his earlier books, as well as an al-Qaeda terrorist leader, the White House, the CIA, the British government and several subplots. — Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2022 Officers would mortally wound the alleged hit man in a firefight at his house, police said. — Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2022 Carlo Gaetano Orlando, the hit man allegedly sent by Esposito to kill Ms. Maresca’s husband, was jailed for 30 years. — Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2022 Currently, Reeves is reprising his role as the titular hit man in John Wick: Chapter Four, which is shooting in Germany, France, and Japan. — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2021 Santiago Feliciano, who traveled to New York to recruit the hit man, ultimately served about five years. — Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 8 Mar. 2021 The hit man marketplace is like any other auction site. — CBS News, 10 Apr. 2021 The hit man was the mob that attacked him and his fellow officers. — BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2021 See More

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