How to Use murderous in a Sentence

murderous

adjective

• The lead runner set a murderous pace.
• I can't stand this murderous heat.
• The second film will once again follow the murderous doll.
  — Town & Country, 19 Jan. 2023
• But the bottom-line answer is that a lone murderous young man had a weapon of war.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2022
• The couple learns the scary, murderous history of the area.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 27 Aug. 2021
• As per usual, Joe tries to turn over a new leaf and no longer be a murderous stalker.
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2023
• But each man carried out the functions of a murderous regime.
  — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021
• But in 1921, that district was burned and destroyed by a murderous white mob.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2021
• Sweeney Todd tells the story of a murderous barber living in London in the mid-1800s.
  — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2022
• The next time someone tells you Hollywood is out of ideas, show them the trailer for the movie about the murderous bear high on cocaine.
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 30 Nov. 2022
• Turn your head and a murderous carnival barker will be waiting just out of your eye line to chop you up and serve you to the crowds.
  — Julie Tremaine, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2021
• In this movie, Black and Brown people work with one another and with white folk who are not murderous hicks.
  — Eisa Nefertari Ulen, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2024
• Ruth is about to turn into a murderous psychopath against Javi over his killing of her cousin, Wyatt.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 27 Apr. 2022
• In the 44-second clip, a murderous toy monkey winds up as James, covered in blood, looks on in horror.
  — Diego Ramos Bechara, Variety, 12 Aug. 2024
• That’s not a murderous schedule, by any means, but there are just five undefeated teams left in the NFL and the Rams have looked better than the rest.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 26 Sep. 2021
• But this isn’t the Irish actor’s first rodeo playing a murderous trickster.
  — Lisa De Los Reyes, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2024
• The murderous nurse also targeted a mother of twins, who was already grieving the loss of a son.
  — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 21 Aug. 2023
• So once again, Joe slowly reverts to his murderous ways, but with a lower kill count.
  — Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2021
• Lucy Letby, the UK's most murderous child serial killer, has been sentenced to life in prison.
  — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 21 Aug. 2023
• They were found by rescuers more than 10 hours after the murderous assault.
  — Matt Gutman, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2023
• Trump said of the murderous bootlegging pimp and drug dealer.
  — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
• Many fans will be rooting for Villanelle to return to her murderous ways—and Comer is with them.
  — ELLE, 27 Feb. 2022
• Biden is sending a message to a murderous dictator that the free world won't be steamrolled.
  — Julian Mark, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2023
• The vengeful and murderous outlaw Frank Griffin (Jeff Daniels) is hot on his heels, killing anyone who gets in his way.
  — Sophie Hanson, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 June 2022
• There is such joy in the music and in the appreciation of it — joy that will be tempered by tanks in the streets, ordered there by a murderous regime.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2024
• These are the season 2 questions fans need answered following the murderous boat scene — and quite frankly, so does White.
  — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2023
• And because nothing with the name Spider Monster is good, the creature then does the murderous bidding of the Mind Flayer.
  — Abby Dupes, Seventeen, 26 May 2022
• Teens shivered at — but were not deterred by — the urban legend of the Hook, a murderous maniac on the loose, armed with a hook instead of a right hand.
  — Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2023
• The legal thriller turned on someone gaming the system — corrupt politicians, murderous gangsters, sleazy lawyers, et al. — but the system usually prevailed.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
• The diatribe culminated in one of the event’s loudest applauses—when Trump pledged to pursue capital punishment against murderous migrants.
  — Eric Cortellessa / Gastonia, TIME, 3 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 29 Nov 2024