How to Use assassination in a Sentence

assassination

noun
  • The squib assassinations may be fake, but the pain is very real.
    — The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The first assassination outside of Gaza may be a sign of what’s to come.
    — Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The assassination was caught on film.
    — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Iran was not at war with the United States at the time of the assassination.
    — Séamus Malekafzali, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Indeed, in the modern age, no police state has died by assassination alone.
    — Tim Naftali, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
  • After an assassination or a burst of violence, there is fear, yes.
    — Andy Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Jackson has spoken in-depth about the impact the assassination has had on him and the country.
    — Astrid Kayembe, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Jackson’s account of the assassination was that King died in his arms.
    — Sophia Tareen, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Haiti has not had a president since the assassination.
    — ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Allen faces life in prison if convicted of the assassination attempt charge.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Goold stages his downfall like a rock opera, with strobes, bursts of loud noise (these are often assassination attempts) and weird dancers.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
  • Haiti has not had a president since the assassination.
    — ABC News, 11 May 2026
  • That leisurely pace would lead only to more murder, and more assassinations.
    — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 9 June 2026
  • The position is what led to Jun-ik’s assassination as well.
    — Kayti Burt, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The resolution to this puzzle may be that what appeared at first to be an assassination was no such thing.
    — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026
  • There were maybe as many as half a dozen serious assassination attempts-- which were not random people.
    — Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The opera house was born, in part, from an assassination attempt in 1858.
    — Elliott Verdier, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
  • In retrospect, maybe that episode should’ve saved John’s assassination for the end.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Turning to a more somber note, it's been just over a week since the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
    — Jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
  • But after the assassination of Kennedy, his dreams of going to space were derailed.
    — J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Ford’s ban had been on political assassinations, and bin Laden wasn’t a head of state.
    — Tim Naftali, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Bolton has faced assassination threats from Iran due to his hawkish stance toward the country.
    — Brett Samuels, The Hill, 22 Aug. 2025
  • And both have been the targets of Israeli assassination attempts in the past.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
  • One tragedy of the assassination is that in some measure Booth was successful.
    — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Rivera was co-leader of the group and has pleaded guilty to leading the commandos in the assassination.
    — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Khamenei survived an assassination attempt in 1981 that cost him the use of his right arm.
    — Jackie Northam, NPR, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Members of the unit look, speak and dress as Arabs to infiltrate protests and conduct assassinations.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
  • News of his assassination spread rapidly, prompting an outpouring of grief, as well as unrest.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Kirk’s assassination has spurred outrage, of course, but also revival.
    — Nicole Russell, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
  • All were marked for assassination by an anarchist cook named Jean Crones, who spiked the soup stock with arsenic.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026

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