How to Use kill in a Sentence

kill

1 of 2 verb

• She told him to kill the lights.
• The committee killed the bill.
• Despite protests, the mayor killed the program.
• The disease has killed thousands of people.
• Three people were killed in the accident.
• This delay has killed our chances of finishing the project on schedule.
• The strikes killed at least five people and wounded six, the Houthis said.
  — Morgan Fischer, The Arizona Republic, 13 Jan. 2024
• The Democrats are able to kill the baby after birth, and nobody wants that.
  — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2023
• In that window he’s got to pattern and kill a mature buck, or eat the tag.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 5 Oct. 2023
• But 50 refused to let an attempt on his life kill his dreams.
  — Bonsu Thompson, Men's Health, 1 Aug. 2023
• The health ministry in Gaza says around 700 people have been killed since that cease-fire collapsed.
  — NBC News, 4 Dec. 2023
• Two hundred and forty-one peacekeepers were killed, in the largest loss for the Marines since the Battle of Iwo Jima, in 1945.
  — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2024
• This killed old-school Wall Street and ushered in a more robust version.
  — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 31 Dec. 2023
• If you can get killed on a bike path in Castleton, Vermont, you can get killed anywhere.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 17 Oct. 2023
• The Chiefs or league should suspend Rice, who but for dumb luck could have killed himself or others.
  — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2024
• Six weeks later the RSF dispersed the protesters with lethal force, killing more than 100.
  — Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2023
• He’s come out here and just kept the same energy and the same mentality, so he’s been killing it.
  — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023
• The goal of chemotherapy is to kill the cancer cells while (barely) keeping the patient alive.
  — Vijay Pande, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2023
• Two people were killed and 40 were injured when a bus crashed while taking students to a band camp.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 22 Sep. 2023
• The biggest problem is how to kill the bad bugs without killing the good ones – because the good ones are the pollinators.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 2 Mar. 2024
• Because if James Crumbley had done even the smallest of things ... those kids wouldn't have been shot and killed in that school that day.
  — Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2024
• As Page tried to intervene, two officers fired five shots, killing him right in front of her.
  — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
• Jack, who everyone called Jay, was killed in Iraq almost 20 years ago.
  — Steve Hartman, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2023
• When he was killed there was a statute of limitations on murder.
  — Jake Adelstein, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2023
• The disease killed Amos’s grandfather, and then his uncle John, and then—last summer, at age 48—his son-in-law.
  — Maria Aspan, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2024
• Note: Don’t go trapping and killing butterflies or moths.
  — Ike Morgan | [e-mail], al, 1 Aug. 2023
• Israel says 32 of its soldiers have been killed in Gaza since the ground offensive began.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 10 Nov. 2023
• Five foreign climbers were killed by falling rocks from a smaller eruption in 2013.
  — Time, 15 June 2023
• Even after the four-star generals quit the cabinet, insecure clowns are the ones who will kill us all.
  — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2024
• Foxy Brown follows a vigilante who takes a job as a high-class prostitute to get revenge on the people who killed her boyfriend.
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Apr. 2024

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kill

2 of 2 noun

• Against the Moose, the Cougars were led in kills by Paige Miller with 11.
  — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Sep. 2023
• The Stars were third in penalty kill and third in goals-against.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 14 June 2023
• For the Huskies, Aidan Mackowiak had four aces and 11 kills.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 18 Sep. 2023
• Throw in a new venue and the same old thrills and kills, and Paramount should be slashing all the way to the bank.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 8 Mar. 2023
• Jamie Benn then came out of the box to help close down the kill’s final 48 seconds.
  — Peter Warren, Dallas News, 25 Mar. 2023
• The massive fish kill stretched for more than six miles over the weekend.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 12 June 2023
• That's what happened, starting with a kill by Asjia O'Neal for the side out.
  — Chron, 18 Dec. 2022
• Soon after that, the Wings were faced with a sixth penalty kill.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 29 Mar. 2023
• When one of these sharks goes in for the kill, the surface smash is epic, and your reel’s drag is going to scream.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 26 July 2023
• Texas fish kill:Thousands of dead fish washed ashore beaches along the Texas Gulf Coast.
  — Isabelle Butera, USA TODAY, 14 June 2023
• Getting close for a one-shot kill has always been the challenge.
  — Brad Fenson, Outdoor Life, 1 Nov. 2023
• And a penalty kill which had been keeping them in games only went 2 for 6.
  — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 4 Mar. 2023
• Maureen is the first Ghostface kill of the Scream franchise and the only murder to take place off screen.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2023
• Ahmad Powell led the Vikings with 14 kills and Nate Epley had 12.
  — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2023
• The fourth penalty kill was a beauty with the Hawks giving up no attempts on goal.
  — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2023
• Connell, who had four kills in the first set, added another five in the second set.
  — Terry Monahan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2023
• The Razorbacks managed to tie it at 15-15 but Oregon grabbed the lead for good on a kill by Brooke Nuneviller.
  — Arkansas Online, 4 Dec. 2022
• The Wild were among the bottom teams in five-on-five scoring and the Stars have a better power play and penalty kill.
  — Jace Evans, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2023
• Oregon responded with a 7-2 run, closing out the come back with a kill by Lewis.
  — oregonlive, 15 Sep. 2023
• The studio then moved in for the kill, filing a motion for attorneys’ fees.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 16 Apr. 2024
• One of the best players in the City Section, Blake Pohevitz, recorded 26 kills and four aces.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2023
• It was found to be a contributor to a red tide event and massive fish kill in the area in the following months.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 29 June 2023
• But the nuclear device is set to go off, and only one person has the kill switch: Ocelot.
  — Richard Newby, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2023
• The kill may also tell us something about the current state and future of tank warfare.
  — David Hambling, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• Sorry to be a buzz-kill, but that nightly glass or two of wine is not improving your health.
  — Dana G. Smith, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2023
• In southern Europe, a million years ago, a horse or elephant kill was a big event.
  — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Sep. 2023
• That a kill notice of this magnitude happened is a big deal.
  — Mia Sato, The Verge, 12 Mar. 2024
• The Panthers were thankful for a Bruins penalty kill that went a season-worst 4 for 7.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Nov. 2022
• This is not to be a Cinderella-hating, bracket-buster buzz kill, but ...
  — Christian Stone, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
• Its key objective was to reduce the city’s kill numbers.
  — Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023

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