How to Use thief in a Sentence

thief

noun

• A thief took my purse.
• The teller complied, and the thief walked out with the cash.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2022
• The thieves came from all walks of life and all corners of the globe.
  — Richard Lardner, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2023
• Who had killed the young thief and dumped him out there?
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2021
• Has the would-be thief found a way to bypass the sensors?
  — Laura Bell Main, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• From then on, the thief can use the key to unlock, start, and turn off the car.
  — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 8 June 2022
• In that moment, the thief was able to jump back over the desk and escape.
  — Staci Robinson, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2023
• Instead, the thief only has to make their way into the cab of the truck.
  — Salvador Hernandezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2022
• There might have been a thief on set, and her name might have been Phoebe.
  — Todd Plummer, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Mar. 2022
• The thief then reached down to a shelf for more items to throw at the customer on his way out the door.
  — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Mar. 2022
• The true-crime tale of a genius art thief who kept all the spoils for himself.
  — The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
• That's because a brisket thief appears to be on the loose.
  — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 4 June 2024
• The thief dropped a bottle of whiskey, rushed to the cellar and left through the ceiling hole, Helal said.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 6 July 2023
• The thief left the parking lot driving a dark gray Chevy Tahoe.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 24 Aug. 2022
• The thief likely used a box cutter to slice through the perimeter of the canvas.
  — Alisa Bowman, Discover Magazine, 2 Jan. 2023
• The thieves ran out of the store and fled before police could arrive.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Nov. 2023
• The thief has stolen at least two shopping carts, which cost about $300 each.
  — Asia Simone Burns, ajc, 22 Dec. 2022
• Inside the store, the thieves piled food in their arms, rummaging through shelves and the front counter.
  — Angie Orellana Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
• One of the thieves brought and discharged a fire extinguisher in the store.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
• The greediest thieves go for the whole bike, and their tactics might trick you.
  — Matt Jancer, WIRED, 28 Nov. 2023
• The thief or thieves broke in, and made off with one item of value: my mountain bike.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2021
• After pulling off a massive heist, rarely does the thief go back to the scene of the crime for a second loot.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 5 June 2024
• The thief who rolls in beneath the descending garage door.
  — Nick Paumgarte, The New Yorker, 28 June 2021
• After spotting the would-be thief, Williams ran to his car, pulling the man out from the driver's seat.
  — Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com, 13 Aug. 2021
• Kahler: Even with a cash buyer, a thief's chances of success are small.
  — Larry Light, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2021
• Scott Lang is a thief who just gets out of prison and is stealing yet again to survive.
  — Kori Williams, Seventeen, 16 Feb. 2023
• The caller said the thief left in an older model brown Buick.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 5 July 2022
• In its place, the man found a bicycle, which may have been left behind by the thief.
  — cleveland, 25 June 2021
• All three were plundered by thieves in ancient and medieval times, so many of the items originally left are no longer there.
  — Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
• This time, the thieves were able to open the ATM and flee with an undetermined amount of cash before police could respond, authorities said.
  — Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 27 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 30 Jan 2025