Examples of hit man in a Sentence
She hired a hit man to kill her ex-husband.
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The novel, as Fitzgerald planned it, was supposed to climax with the Mayer and Thalberg characters hiring hit men to murder each other.
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Sconce eventually pleaded guilty to 21 criminal counts — including for mutilating corpses, holding mass cremations and hiring hit men — and was sentenced in 1989 to five years in prison.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025
Cruise plays a hit man, Vincent, who forces his cabdriver, played by Jamie Foxx, to drive him around Los Angeles on a contract-killing spree.
—Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 24 May 2025
And so, Hutch and his kids decide to go on a vacation, one that quickly turns into a bloodbath as Hutch has to not only protect his family but also his identity from hit men.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 13 May 2025
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Sconce eventually pleaded guilty to 21 criminal counts — including for mutilating corpses, holding mass cremations and hiring hit men — and was sentenced in 1989 to five years in prison.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025
Cruise plays a hit man, Vincent, who forces his cabdriver, played by Jamie Foxx, to drive him around Los Angeles on a contract-killing spree.
—Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 24 May 2025
And so, Hutch and his kids decide to go on a vacation, one that quickly turns into a bloodbath as Hutch has to not only protect his family but also his identity from hit men.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 13 May 2025
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“Hit man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hit%20man. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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