murderer
noun
mur·der·er
ˈmər-dər-ər 
Examples of murderer in a Sentence
the murderer was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole
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The Game Maker has since been bested (for now), but the midseason finale finds our hero once again in the midst of a potential murderer.
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
These officers risk their lives every day to arrest murderers, pedophiles, rapists, terrorists and gang members from our communities.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
The Ivy League graduate and former high school valedictorian has since become a polarizing public figure, viewed by some as a vigilante and others as a cold and calculated murderer.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
In a similar vein, pardon the pun, comes this Frank Wildhorn gothic musical about a Victorian-era doctor with two personalities, one an idealistic doctor, the other an evil murderer.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
These officers risk their lives every day to arrest murderers, pedophiles, rapists, terrorists and gang members from our communities.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
The Ivy League graduate and former high school valedictorian has since become a polarizing public figure, viewed by some as a vigilante and others as a cold and calculated murderer.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
In a similar vein, pardon the pun, comes this Frank Wildhorn gothic musical about a Victorian-era doctor with two personalities, one an idealistic doctor, the other an evil murderer.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for murderer
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“Murderer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/murderer. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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murderer
noun
mur·der·er
ˈmər-dər-ər
: a person who commits murder
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