How to Use murderess in a Sentence

murderess

noun
  • You’re not supposed to root for these murderesses, their corrupt lawyer, or the tabloid girl reporter.
    — Vulture, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Lounge here with a box of chocolates and a pack of cigarettes to channel the vibe of your favorite Columbo murderess.
    — Emma Alpern, Curbed, 2 May 2018
  • So Kruzan was just considered a child prostitute, and a murderess who robbed and killed her trafficker.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2022
  • The grim landscape painted here makes one wonder why more women didn’t commit more crimes à la murderess Grace Marks.
    — Lorraine Ali, latimes.com, 2 Nov. 2017
  • The Lady is less a wilting violet who learns to bloom than, as the title implies, a cunning murderess.
    — Charles Taylor, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2017
  • What has Roxie — whose crime turns her into a celebrity until a new murderess steals the spotlight — taught Leavitt about fame?
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Watkins’ flair for the dramatic in her coverage of murderesses, women accused of heinous crimes, moved her stories from inside the paper to page one.
    — Kathy Berdan, Twin Cities, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Watching a hippie murderess get flame-broiled by Rick Dalton might have been the single most delightful moment at the movies this year.
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 13 Dec. 2019
  • Maybe that’s why Gaga’s character fades from view for a while, as though the movie loses its resolve, unable to bridge the endearing outsider and the murderess.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Fredegund was recast as a femme fatale, and Brunhild as a murderess lacking all maternal instinct.
    — Shelley Puhak, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2022
  • Living here will mean living across the street from Jon's parents, who still are convinced Sandra is a murderess who killed their son, and whose family is still grieving.
    — Correspondent Richard Schlesinger, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2020
  • Living here will mean living across the street from Jon's parents, who still are convinced Sandra is a murderess who killed their son, and whose family is still grieving.
    — Richard Schlesinger, CBS News, 10 Oct. 2020
  • The investigative twists and turns are impressive, and the clever use of technology to determine the guilt or innocence of the possible murderess is top notch.
    — Scott Phillips, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
  • But now, a new movie starring Chloë Sevigny as the 19th century murderess hopes to tell the story of the woman behind the violent act.
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 24 Jan. 2018
  • Jessica Biel has a complex turn as the titular murderess, a thin veneer of professional suburban housewifery pasted over a deep disdain for her own humdrum life.
    — Jeff Ewing, Forbes, 7 May 2022
  • Ross will star as Roxie Hart, the aspiring actress turned murderess, in Broadway’s second longest-running musical.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Many arsenic homicide cases became famous, such as the murderess Mary Ann Cotton, who killed three husbands—as well as one fiancé and many of her children and stepchildren—and then cashed in on the insurance.
    — Meg Neal, Popular Mechanics, 4 Oct. 2020
  • From British everywomen and a doting assistant to a flailing sports-agent to merry, musical murderesses, Renée Zellweger's career has been nothing if not out-of-the-box.
    — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 24 May 2019
  • As Sarah Osborne, the murderess at the center of the story who is executed and publicly dissected, the courageous mezzo-soprano Peabody Southwell spends most of her time on stage as a naked corpse.
    — Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2017
  • Her Democratic opponent, Felicia French, wasn’t some international drug trafficker or ax murderess, but rather a nurse and veteran of the war in Afghanistan.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2022
  • The logical pick is Garbine Muguruza, who won the previous major (Wimbledon) and the previous big event in Cincinnati, beating a murderesses row of opponents.
    — The Si Staff, SI.com, 24 Aug. 2017
  • Penned by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, the musical follows killers Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly, two murderesses who use their criminal notoriety to find fame in the Vaudeville circuit.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
  • After Hunnam's turn leading the Monster franchise, Ella Beatty will step in for season 4 when the show focuses on Lizzie Borden, a 19th-century accused (but acquitted) murderess.
    — Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Penned by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, Chicago follows Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly, two murderesses who use their criminal notoriety to find fame in the Vaudeville circuit.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
  • Penned by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, Chicago follows killers Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly, two murderesses who use their criminal notoriety to find fame in the Vaudeville circuit.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
  • In performances at the Ambassador Theatre in New York City, the musical follows killers Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly, two murderesses who use their criminal notoriety to find fame in the Vaudeville circuit.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Created in the early 1970s by Kander, Ebb and Fosse and based on the 1926 play of the same name by Maurine Dallas Watkins, Chicago follows killers Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly, two murderesses who use their criminal notoriety to find fame in the Vaudeville circuit.
    — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026

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