murderously

Example Sentences

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I assumed I would be safe, occupying an aisle seat in the murderously expensive prime orchestra during a press performance attended by critics.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

They are murderously expensive to design, particularly the modern big Raspberry Pis that have radios on them.

From The Verge • Mar. 8, 2022

Levandowski sometimes wore a custom-designed gray T-shirt, a gift from a colleague, that read “I Drink Your Milkshake”—a line from “There Will Be Blood,” Paul Thomas Anderson’s film about a murderously ambitious oilman.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 15, 2018

A rare play about a barber, “Sheppey” is in some ways the exact antithesis to “Sweeney Todd,” that murderously minded Sondheim musical that follows its own follicular path.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2016

The day was murderously hot and there was no wind and the dust hung above the army like a yellow veil.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara