How to Use premeditated in a Sentence

premeditated

adjective

• In other words, a bad on-the-fly call by a process server and not a premeditated tactic.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 10 Aug. 2022
• So the under-17s, who won a shoot-out in their World Cup, have worked on slowing down and practising a range of premeditated shots.
  — The Economist, 9 June 2018
• He was charged with premeditated murder and faces life in prison.
  — Katherine Lam, Fox News, 9 July 2018
• The rap world has seen a number of viral courtroom moments in the past year, some more premeditated than others.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2023
• Common sense, however, tells you that the Hoosiers look to be a heavy favorite in such a premeditated setting.
  — Gentry Estes, The Courier-Journal, 29 Apr. 2018
• Mills told the jury his client was not guilty of a premeditated killing and asked them to return a verdict of second-degree murder.
  — Monivette Cordeiro, orlandosentinel.com, 4 Sep. 2019
• Otero-Rivera has yet to enter a plea to premeditated murder.
  — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 28 Oct. 2019
• Wood argued that their grave had been prepared in advance as part of a premeditated murder plot.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2023
• Gallagher has been charged with premeditated murder in the killing of the teenage prisoner and attempted murder in the shootings of the two civilians.
  — Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 17 June 2019
• Berkowitz is charged with premeditated first-degree murder and was being held without bond in the Broward County Jail, records showed.
  — Wayne K. Roustan, Sun-Sentinel.com, 30 June 2018
• After his arrest Sunday night, Morse was jailed and charged with premeditated first-degree murder and leaving the scene of a crash with a death and injuries.
  — Tamara Lush, The Seattle Times, 25 June 2018
• Morse is charged with premeditated first-degree murder and leaving the scene.
  — Fox News, 25 June 2018
• Adams was booked into the Fourth Avenue Jail with a count of first-degree premeditated murder, online records show.
  — Christopher Brito, CBS News, 9 July 2019
• Michael Satz filed the formal notice to seek the death penalty against Nikolas Cruz, who has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder and is being held without bond.
  — Kurtis Lee and Jenny Jarvie, latimes.com, 13 Mar. 2018
• Adams was charged with premeditated first-degree murder and appeared in a Maricopa County court the same day as the stabbing.
  — Caroline Radnofsky, NBC News, 9 July 2019
• The indictment alleges that Mike Williams’ death was a premeditated murder — and further alleges that Denise Williams covered up the crime.
  — Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com, 9 May 2018
• The law defines first-degree murder as a premeditated killing, one that is intended and planned in advance.
  — Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Mar. 2023
• When the crew fumbled one of their dives, the premeditated movement dissolved and the dancers collapsed from the choreography before dancing again.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
• Adams has been charged with first-degree premeditated murder and is being held at the Maricopa County Jail in lieu of $1 million bail.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 9 July 2019
• Hasan is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder.
  — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 28 June 2021
• This was a brutal, premeditated murder of two people, something that was planned ahead.
  — Holly Ramer, The Seattle Times, 30 Oct. 2018
• Both suspects are charged with two counts of premeditated murder.
  — Tristan Balagtas, Peoplemag, 11 Nov. 2022
• Turkish officials have said that a Saudi team of 15 men tortured, killed and dismembered the writer and in a premeditated act.
  — Lolita C. Baldor, The Seattle Times, 26 Oct. 2018
• Presiding judge Hendrik Steenhuis added that the firing of the missile was a premeditated act.
  — Michael Bociurkiw, CNN, 18 Nov. 2022
• On the morning of Rodríguez Ortiz’s death, Verdejo-Sánchez carried out a premeditated plan to kill her and her unborn child, according to the release.
  — Raja Razek, CNN, 29 July 2023
• The gunman had already pleaded guilty to 17 counts of premeditated first-degree murder, and jurors had to decide on his sentence for each count.
  — Tim Craig, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2022
• And because the game’s skill upgrades get very expensive very quickly, the best way to power through combat is with at least a little bit of premeditated murder.
  — Steven Strom, Ars Technica, 6 June 2018
• Rudolph, 67, is charged with murder and mail fraud in what prosecutors describe as a premeditated crime.
  — CBS News, 14 July 2022
• And a big part of that was the committee casting his false, election-night declaration of victory as part of a premeditated plan.
  — Aaron Blake, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Oct. 2022
• Cassandritz Blanc, 22, is accused of the premeditated murder of his 20-year-old pregnant wife.
  — Linda Trischitta, Sun-Sentinel.com, 14 June 2018

Last Updated: 28 May 2024