victim

Example Sentences

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"This government is also investing more than half a billion pounds into victim support services to help more victims than ever through the justice system."

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

"A wider inquiry must establish why this critical intelligence failed to inform the responding officers' risk assessments, and whether systemic biases contributed to the immediate criminalisation of a dying victim," he wrote.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

It began in the second round when Sinner, the world No. 1 fell victim to the crushing heat and lost in five sets to Juan Manuel Cerundolo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

One might say it works as a commentary on incel culture, but that collapses the more Barker paints Bear as an unwitting victim of his own perfectly normal hopes and dreams.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026

It was as if a martyr, a hero, had passed a slave or victim, and imparted strength in the transit.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë