assassin

Example Sentences

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U.S. officials say Russia has demanded to trade Mr. Whelan for Vadim Krasikov, a Russian assassin serving a life sentence in Germany for murdering a Chechen fighter in a Berlin park.

From New York Times

The pressures of balancing work and motherhood are typically enough to fill several films, and that's without the mom also being a world-class assassin.

From Salon

In “Kill Boksoon,” an assassin must choose between the murderous career she loves and the daughter she’s been hiding it from.

From New York Times

In the bravura action sequence, Keanu Reeves’s immensely talented assassin has to defeat a gantlet of enemies to reach the top of the staircase.

From New York Times

John Wick may appear to be indestructible, a ruthless assassin who takes a licking and keeps on killing.

From Los Angeles Times