murderess

Example Sentences

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Marten said she was worried people would think she was "some evil mother" or a "murderess."

From BBC • May 2, 2025

Rivera also inhabited roles like Rosie, the girlfriend of a rock star’s manager in “Bye Bye Birdie,” the original Velma and later the ambitious murderess Roxie in “Chicago,” and former showgirl Lilane in “Nine.”

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2024

A 1950s lawman pursues a murderess who appears to have vanished from a locked room within a fortresslike psychiatric hospital.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2019

Macdonald, an experienced falconer, withdrew from people to train her murderess, transforming her fridge into a morgue for raw animal parts.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2015

Responsive to the pity expressed in her mother's tones, Geraldine raised a fretful wail, but Rosie, though she felt something of a murderess, still held out.

From The Rosie World by Fillmore, Parker