How to Use killing in a Sentence

killing

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

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