How to Use murderous in a Sentence

murderous

adjective
  • The lead runner set a murderous pace.
  • I can't stand this murderous heat.
  • The second film will once again follow the murderous doll.
    Town & Country, 19 Jan. 2023
  • But the bottom-line answer is that a lone murderous young man had a weapon of war.
    Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2022
  • As per usual, Joe tries to turn over a new leaf and no longer be a murderous stalker.
    Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Sweeney Todd tells the story of a murderous barber living in London in the mid-1800s.
    Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2022
  • The next time someone tells you Hollywood is out of ideas, show them the trailer for the movie about the murderous bear high on cocaine.
    Brendan Morrow, The Week, 30 Nov. 2022
  • In this movie, Black and Brown people work with one another and with white folk who are not murderous hicks.
    Eisa Nefertari Ulen, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Ruth is about to turn into a murderous psychopath against Javi over his killing of her cousin, Wyatt.
    Andy Meek, BGR, 27 Apr. 2022
  • In the 44-second clip, a murderous toy monkey winds up as James, covered in blood, looks on in horror.
    Diego Ramos Bechara, Variety, 12 Aug. 2024
  • But this isn’t the Irish actor’s first rodeo playing a murderous trickster.
    Lisa De Los Reyes, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The murderous nurse also targeted a mother of twins, who was already grieving the loss of a son.
    Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Lucy Letby, the UK's most murderous child serial killer, has been sentenced to life in prison.
    Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 21 Aug. 2023
  • They were found by rescuers more than 10 hours after the murderous assault.
    Matt Gutman, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Trump said of the murderous bootlegging pimp and drug dealer.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
  • Many fans will be rooting for Villanelle to return to her murderous ways—and Comer is with them.
    ELLE, 27 Feb. 2022
  • Biden is sending a message to a murderous dictator that the free world won't be steamrolled.
    Julian Mark, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The vengeful and murderous outlaw Frank Griffin (Jeff Daniels) is hot on his heels, killing anyone who gets in his way.
    Sophie Hanson, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 June 2022
  • There is such joy in the music and in the appreciation of it — joy that will be tempered by tanks in the streets, ordered there by a murderous regime.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2024
  • These are the season 2 questions fans need answered following the murderous boat scene — and quite frankly, so does White.
    Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2023
  • And because nothing with the name Spider Monster is good, the creature then does the murderous bidding of the Mind Flayer.
    Abby Dupes, Seventeen, 26 May 2022
  • Teens shivered at — but were not deterred by — the urban legend of the Hook, a murderous maniac on the loose, armed with a hook instead of a right hand.
    Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Birmingham had been the fourth most murderous city in 1930, with a murder rate three times that of Chicago and seven times New York City.
    John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 21 Sep. 2022
  • This strategy might be the only way out of the current murderous spiral.
    Jean-Pierre Filiu, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Don't be like the murderous superfan in Amazon's Swarm.
    Omar L. Gallaga, WIRED, 1 July 2023
  • In a climactic scene, Anna is turned to ice in an attempt to save Elsa from a murderous Hans.
    Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 5 June 2024
  • He was taught a code to give a purpose to his murderous inclinations.
    Kelly McClure, Vulture, 28 Dec. 2021
  • The video, directed by Wolf James, stars actor Domhnall Gleeson as a man caught in a murderous time loop.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2023
  • What has Europe less prosperous was anti-Semitism that revealed itself in the most murderous of ways.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Over the next two chapters, Lois will have to report to at least three more murderous tableaux, each more gruesome and religiously specific than the last.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2024

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