murdered
Example Sentences
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“My grandparents were murdered in concentration camps. And to see how the world, again, is swinging that direction, where there are too many people in favor of a totalitarian government, is crazy,” Eliot said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Ryan Speedo Green was an eloquent Banquo; Freddie De Tommaso’s bright tenor brought poignant lyricism to Macduff’s lament for his murdered family.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
John and Penny Clough, the parents of Jane Clough, a nurse who was murdered in 2010.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
When access to these documents was finally promised, three months later, Mathipa had a premonition that he would be murdered - according to Brig Paulina Sekgobela, his commanding officer.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
“Puritan? You mean a Roundhead? One of those traitors who murdered King Charles?”
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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