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
  • But each man carried out the functions of a murderous regime.
    Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021
  • 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
  • Turn your head and a murderous carnival barker will be waiting just out of your eye line to chop you up and serve you to the crowds.
    Julie Tremaine, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • That’s not a murderous schedule, by any means, but there are just five undefeated teams left in the NFL and the Rams have looked better than the rest.
    Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 26 Sep. 2021
  • 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
  • So once again, Joe slowly reverts to his murderous ways, but with a lower kill count.
    Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • Vivian must avoid its gaze, find her friend, and uncover the disturbing, murderous truth of a decades old tragedy.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The violent action thus sets him off on a murderous, revenge rampage.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024

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