kill

Example Sentences

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Jane Austen meets Agatha Christie with a cast either writer would kill for.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

California man Cole Allen, 31, has pleaded not guilty to charges including attempting to kill the president.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

It likely won’t kill him, she writes, but he’ll never be cured.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

In it, she also noted she had once overheard a colleague say: "I've never had to tell a woman so loudly, and so often, that she would kill her baby if she didn't push."

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

And I could not kill or trap any longer.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen