How to Use premeditated in a Sentence

premeditated

adjective

• In other words, a bad on-the-fly call by a process server and not a premeditated tactic.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 10 Aug. 2022
• In the case of 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, who has been charged with premeditated murder, the signs were like a flashing red light.
  — Author: Cal Thomas | Opinion, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Feb. 2018
• So the under-17s, who won a shoot-out in their World Cup, have worked on slowing down and practising a range of premeditated shots.
  — The Economist, 9 June 2018
• He has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder and has not yet entered a plea.
  — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 27 Feb. 2018
• He was charged with premeditated murder and faces life in prison.
  — Katherine Lam, Fox News, 9 July 2018
• Jean was booked into Broward’s jail on a charge of premeditated murder, records show.
  — Tonya Alanez, Sun-Sentinel.com, 25 Aug. 2017
• The rap world has seen a number of viral courtroom moments in the past year, some more premeditated than others.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2023
• Common sense, however, tells you that the Hoosiers look to be a heavy favorite in such a premeditated setting.
  — Gentry Estes, The Courier-Journal, 29 Apr. 2018
• Mills told the jury his client was not guilty of a premeditated killing and asked them to return a verdict of second-degree murder.
  — Monivette Cordeiro, orlandosentinel.com, 4 Sep. 2019
• Otero-Rivera has yet to enter a plea to premeditated murder.
  — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 28 Oct. 2019
• Wood argued that their grave had been prepared in advance as part of a premeditated murder plot.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2023
• Gallagher has been charged with premeditated murder in the killing of the teenage prisoner and attempted murder in the shootings of the two civilians.
  — Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 17 June 2019
• Berkowitz is charged with premeditated first-degree murder and was being held without bond in the Broward County Jail, records showed.
  — Wayne K. Roustan, Sun-Sentinel.com, 30 June 2018
• After his arrest Sunday night, Morse was jailed and charged with premeditated first-degree murder and leaving the scene of a crash with a death and injuries.
  — Tamara Lush, The Seattle Times, 25 June 2018
• Morse is charged with premeditated first-degree murder and leaving the scene.
  — Fox News, 25 June 2018
• Adams was booked into the Fourth Avenue Jail with a count of first-degree premeditated murder, online records show.
  — Christopher Brito, CBS News, 9 July 2019
• Tetley was arrested ion a single premeditated murder count, but has yet to enter a plea to the charge.
  — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 22 Jan. 2018
• Michael Satz filed the formal notice to seek the death penalty against Nikolas Cruz, who has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder and is being held without bond.
  — Kurtis Lee and Jenny Jarvie, latimes.com, 13 Mar. 2018
• Adams was charged with premeditated first-degree murder and appeared in a Maricopa County court the same day as the stabbing.
  — Caroline Radnofsky, NBC News, 9 July 2019
• Cruz was booked into the Broward County Jail early Thursday and charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder.
  — Lauren Meltzer, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2018
• The indictment alleges that Mike Williams’ death was a premeditated murder — and further alleges that Denise Williams covered up the crime.
  — Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com, 9 May 2018
• Online court records show Slocum has been charged with premeditated first-degree murder and possession of a firearm.
  — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024
• The law defines first-degree murder as a premeditated killing, one that is intended and planned in advance.
  — Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Mar. 2023
• When the crew fumbled one of their dives, the premeditated movement dissolved and the dancers collapsed from the choreography before dancing again.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
• The shooter, who has been identified as 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, is being held in a Broward County jail on charges of premeditated murder.
  — Olivia Worthington As Told To Andrea Stanley, Seventeen, 15 Feb. 2018
• Adams has been charged with first-degree premeditated murder and is being held at the Maricopa County Jail in lieu of $1 million bail.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 9 July 2019
• Hasan is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder.
  — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 28 June 2021
• This was a brutal, premeditated murder of two people, something that was planned ahead.
  — Holly Ramer, The Seattle Times, 30 Oct. 2018
• Gonzalez was booked into the county jail system for premeditated murder in the first degree, a felony, as well as theft of means of transportation, Hoskin said.
  — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024
• Report of missing person launches homicide probe Watkins is being held at the Mercer County Prison without bond because he is charged with first-degree murder, a premeditated killing.
  — Ed Palattella, USA TODAY, 10 July 2024

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024