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 mysterious third murderer involved in the killing of Banquo (Michael Boatman) is revealed here to be one of the Weird Sisters.
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Can Greg, a murderer by proxy whose past likely holds other dark secrets, escape what the recording Sarah Catherine Hook’s Piper listens to, also in the premiere, describes as the prison of identity?
—Judy Berman, TIME, 17 Feb. 2025
Where prisoners are let into our country, many of whom are murderers.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery followed tech billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton) as he was revealed—spoiler number two—as the murderer of two of his friends.
—Riann Phillip, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2025
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Can Greg, a murderer by proxy whose past likely holds other dark secrets, escape what the recording Sarah Catherine Hook’s Piper listens to, also in the premiere, describes as the prison of identity?
—Judy Berman, TIME, 17 Feb. 2025
Where prisoners are let into our country, many of whom are murderers.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery followed tech billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton) as he was revealed—spoiler number two—as the murderer of two of his friends.
—Riann Phillip, Vogue, 31 Jan. 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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