Example Sentences

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It's not the first time the iconic hitman has appeared in games, but Saber's will be the first voiced by Reeves.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

As schematic as the premise sounds—it’s another hitman story, after all—the series is fast-paced and gripping, largely because it’s so fast-paced.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Fincher directs "The Killer", a thriller about a ruthless hitman played by Michael Fassbender, while Cooper directs and stars in "Maestro", about the composer Leonard Bernstein.

From Reuters • Aug. 29, 2023

Clad in his signature skin-tight polo shirts, Hank spent the show’s first two seasons serving as a comic foil to Barry’s haunted hitman.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2022

It sounds all very well, Abercromby, my old friend," said Willoughby, "but Johnstone, or old Fraser, as we call him, is a hitman shark!

From A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story by Savage, Richard