How to Use triggerman in a Sentence

triggerman

noun

• Hall or Bertuzzi will need to augment his role from pass-first winger to steady triggerman.
  — Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2023
• There was only one task: find the triggerman and hold a trial.
  — Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY, 29 June 2017
• The next task is finding the triggerman of a scheme that helped Western Kentucky rewrite record books.
  — Dallas News, 7 Feb. 2022
• In early 2015, Smith had been indicted as the triggerman in the armed robberies of four grocery stores and a Dunkin’ Donuts.
  — Mensah M. Dean, Philly.com, 29 May 2018
• The triggerman, according to the witness, claimed to be hired by Moscatiello.
  — Rafael Olmeda, sun-sentinel.com, 5 Sep. 2019
• Lawyers for each man seized on that to argue that their client wasn't the triggerman and shouldn't be executed.
  — CBS News, 20 June 2019
• The other inmate was the triggerman in Robinson’s killing.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2022
• Originally claimed to be the triggerman in all of the shootings, but later said that Muhammad was the shooter in all but the last one.
  — CNN, 26 Jan. 2022
• On the night of the killing, Mr. Ellis was with Terry Patterson, who according to both sides was the triggerman.
  — John Anderson, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2020
• Fromm, buoyed in the backfield by two guys who could have been racking up Fantasy Football points, was the triggerman for all of that.
  — Jeff Sentell, ajc, 1 Dec. 2017
• Ullmark was the triggerman, stopping pucks behind the net and trying to score on an empty net at the other end.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Feb. 2023
• Lopez is accused by the state of being the triggerman, driving 650 miles from his home in Tennessee.
  — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com, 3 Dec. 2021
• Investigators said Seay was the triggerman in at least four of the six shootings and a main player in all six.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 8 Aug. 2023
• But the identity of the triggerman is just as important.
  — Sean T. Collins, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2016
• The biggest, though, is quarterback Josh Love, the fifth-year senior and triggerman for a passing game that was 32nd-best in the nation last season.
  — Victor Aquino, The Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2019
• The biggest problem with the option is that teams can’t afford to have their triggermen taking extra hits.
  — Albert Breer, SI.com, 6 Sep. 2017
• QB Averian Malone is the triggerman for the Bears’ offense.
  — Al.com Reports, al, 24 Nov. 2020
• Days later when police pinned Ray as the triggerman, a manhunt followed.
  — Ivana Hrynkiw, AL.com, 4 Apr. 2018
• Baez told the jury the man had identified Hernandez as the triggerman to get immunity and save his own skin.
  — Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2017
• According to police, it is believed Thomas was the triggerman.
  — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 24 Oct. 2019
• Pegues, meanwhile, converted a fourth down and a third down in his debut as the triggerman in Auburn’s Wildcat formation.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 4 Oct. 2020
• The Chiefs bought their new triggerman a shiny new weapon Wednesday in breaking the bank for Sammy Watkins ($34 million over the next two years, $30 million of which is fully guaranteed).
  — Albert Breer, SI.com, 15 Mar. 2018
• Terry Wilson was supposed to be the triggerman after a big 2018 season.
  — Charles Hollis, al, 20 Nov. 2020
• Gurianov found a role this season as a top-six winger and triggerman on the power play, setting up in the right circle and transforming the Stars second power play with a lethal one-timer.
  — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 22 Oct. 2020
• The Tigers rely on senior quarterback Alex Glass as the triggerman for an offense that averages 35.6 points per game.
  — al, 7 Oct. 2020
• According to Ashley, after the shooting Lynlee claimed Michael Humphrey was the triggerman.
  — CBS News, 12 Mar. 2022
• The triggerman would later be offered a deal to testify against Robinson, according to court records.
  — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati.com, 5 Aug. 2019
• Baldenegro’s attorney, David Finn, has said his client doesn’t dispute being the triggerman.
  — Dallas News, 23 Feb. 2021
• Two others were charged in the shooting, but police identified Guevara as the triggerman in both the store robbery and the later slaying at a nearby apartment complex.
  — Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle, 11 Dec. 2017
• Ricci pleaded not guilty, and his lawyers have raised questions about the ability of Jaeger's boyfriend, Jeffery Wellmaker, to identify him as the triggerman.
  — Jacques Billeaud, azcentral, 7 May 2018

Last Updated: 6 Aug 2024