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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To populate this murderer’s row of, well, murderers, Davidson races against the clock to court talent and get them to New York in time for filming.
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Hunter Ingram, Variety, 28 May 2025
The public believed this story of intentionality so completely that every shark bite was essentially a murder, and every shark a potential murderer, and the beach was the scene of a crime by a deviant monster against innocent beachgoers.
—Chris Pepin-Neff, Scientific American, 26 May 2025
Wendt was the grandson of Sun-Times photographer Tom Howard, who famously and clandestinely had used a hidden camera to shoot a photo of murderer Ruth Snyder during her execution in 1928.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
Second place went to a new documentary on the grisly true story of two of the UK’s most prolific murderers in Fred and Rose West: A British Horror Story, which managed 8.3M views.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 20 May 2025
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Hunter Ingram, Variety, 28 May 2025
The public believed this story of intentionality so completely that every shark bite was essentially a murder, and every shark a potential murderer, and the beach was the scene of a crime by a deviant monster against innocent beachgoers.
—Chris Pepin-Neff, Scientific American, 26 May 2025
Wendt was the grandson of Sun-Times photographer Tom Howard, who famously and clandestinely had used a hidden camera to shoot a photo of murderer Ruth Snyder during her execution in 1928.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
Second place went to a new documentary on the grisly true story of two of the UK’s most prolific murderers in Fred and Rose West: A British Horror Story, which managed 8.3M views.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 20 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for murderer
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murderer
noun
mur·der·er
ˈmər-dər-ər
: a person who commits murder
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