killer

Example Sentences

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Sanjoy said he had asked specifically whether a hair sample was taken from the killer, after he refused blood and urine testing.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

I live on a stretch of Vietnamese restaurants — pho, noodles, bún bò huế — punctuated by a killer arepa spot and a shawarma stand.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

But like all slasher movies, the killer isn’t dead yet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

Heart disease remains the leading killer of both men and women in the U.S., and the new guidance emphasizes that prevention must start decades earlier than traditionally thought.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

He was pretty sure the two were in some kind of trouble, but it was unlikely he knew it was Lincoln’s killer who was a guest at his family’s dinner table.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson