How to Use killing in a Sentence

killing

1 of 2 noun

• The oil spill is responsible for the killing of thousands of birds.
• There have been no killings since then.
  — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
• No fizzing equals no killing of the spores.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 25 Apr. 2026
• Her killing had been a mystery for over a decade.
  — Dan Raby, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
• Good’s killing had occurred just six blocks from his home.
  — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 28 Apr. 2026
• Kirk’s killing became the eighth.
  — Ron Barrett, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
• The killing is the fifth homicide in the city in four days.
  — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2025
• The potential to make a killing is there.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 May 2026
• Ten weeks later, his killing has sparked grief and outrage.
  — Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2025
• No, the killings of these sea turtles are preventable.
  — Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
• So far this year, the district has seen seven killings.
  — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
• And that’s a real shame, because the killings?
  — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2026
• Italy blamed Egypt for Regeni’s killing.
  — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 11 May 2026
• Koehl was a 19-year-old sailor from Ohio at the time of the killing.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2023
• Both killings were intended as reprisal.
  — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2026
• And the killing of Iranians has not stopped.
  — Laura Secor, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026
• The motive for the killing was allegedly a drug deal gone bad.
  — Bill Donahue, Billboard, 29 Jan. 2024
• His killing cannot be justified by a claim of self-defense.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2026
• Her killing cannot be justified by a claim of self-defense.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2026
• The best one can cautiously hope for is a pause in the killing in Gaza.
  — Ben Wedeman, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
• The killing set off violence in some 20 states.
  — CNN Money, 3 Mar. 2026
• Past initial assessments of such killings have proven to be wrong.
  — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
• Weger insisted that he was not involved in the killings.
  — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 22 June 2026
• The killings have caused some residents to change their daily habits.
  — John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2023
• Despite the gruesome killing, not a drop of blood was left behind.
  — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
• Downing said the other man carried out the killing.
  — Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2026
• The roommate spoke to police just hours after the killings.
  — Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2025
• He was asked about the killing by a pig of a 15 year old black youth a few weeks before.
  — Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
• That person also lived at the home but was not present when the killings happened.
  — Harry Harris, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
• Both of these killings are brutal tragedies for the families and friends of those lost.
  — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026

killing

2 of 2 adjective

• Killing time is no idle task in this Wild-Blues playoff series.
  — Brian Murphy, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2017
• So maybe does that free Arya up to put all those killing skills to use against the White Walkers?
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2017
• Grace believes Carl, who may have dementia, murdered her sister years ago during a killing spree.
  — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 May 2018
• The cast sculpture comprises two main pieces, interlocking where the mouth of the lion meets the neck of the dog — the killing moment frozen in time.
  — New York Times, 13 May 2018
• The Riverside man also bought Farook an explosive powder that was used in a bomb that Farook left at the killing scene, authorities said.
  — Fox News, 10 Apr. 2018
• Police reports, witness statements and dispatch logs shared earlier have provided more detail about the confusion and heroism as the concert venue became a killing field.
  — Ken Ritter, Fox News, 13 June 2018
• The release last week of about 2,100 pages of police reports, witness statements and dispatch logs provided more detail about the chaos, confusion and heroism as the concert venue became a killing field.
  — Washington Post, 30 May 2018
• Earlier this year, a forensic linguist shed new light on letters supposedly written by the murderer during the killing spree that sent shockwaves through Victorian London.
  — James Rogers, Fox News, 26 Apr. 2018
• The killing spree, according to court documents, was modeled after the horror film in which the United States government designates a 12-hour period where all crimes, including murder, are legal.
  — Madeline Buckley, Indianapolis Star, 11 May 2017
• The disturbing confessions of a Louisiana man accused in three 2017 murders reveal a suspect who viewed a killing spree as similar to a deer hunt and who looked at victims as animals he was licensed to kill, police reports show.
  — Katherine Lam, Fox News, 22 Aug. 2018