How to Use murderous in a Sentence

murderous

adjective
  • The lead runner set a murderous pace.
  • I can't stand this murderous heat.
  • That would have been enough to drive her son into a murderous rage.
    — Vulture Editors, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Just a fun thing to do with your murderous bestie who drowned her sister!
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 2 May 2025
  • It’s plagued by murderous demons.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • But each man carried out the functions of a murderous regime.
    — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021
  • This must be the murderous side everyone’s been telling me about.
    — Mary Holland, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2018
  • How will the two escape the murderous Xenomorph?
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Like a beef mummy, without the gauze wrap or the murderous thirst for revenge.
    — James P. Dewan, chicagotribune.com, 25 Sep. 2020
  • 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
  • How dare the film depict God as female, and as murderous?
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • What’s the secret to her books murderous success?
    — William Earl, Variety, 26 Nov. 2025
  • And so crude a villain – murderous, treacherous, a snake in the grass.
    — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Aug. 2020
  • The murderous heir won't inherit as a matter of law.
    — Tracy Wright , Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The song is about a man who doesn’t appear to be murderous being the ultimate killer.
    — Alan Light, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Such was the murderous turmoil of the times, and the low social status of the victims.
    — Susan McKay, The New Yorker, 26 July 2019
  • Maybe Othello was primed and ready to be worked into a murderous rage.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
  • One player is the shark, while the rest must find a way to get rid of the menacing, murderous creature.
    — Popular Science, 14 Oct. 2019
  • Their murderous plot is foiled when two escaped prisoners and a guard crash the weekend.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 25 Apr. 2026
  • So, the whole thing just seems naive from people who’ve been oppressed by this murderous regime for 46 years.
    — Fiction Non Fiction july 3, Literary Hub, 3 July 2025
  • So once again, Joe slowly reverts to his murderous ways, but with a lower kill count.
    — Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2021
  • In place of murderous rage, Penance discovers Augie has a crush on her.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 2 May 2021
  • Meanwhile, Villanelle is in Barcelona and up to her murderous ways.
    — Alicia Kortendick, oregonlive, 12 Apr. 2020
  • Memphis, at present, ranks in the top five of America's most murderous cities.
    — Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
  • But this isn’t the Irish actor’s first rodeo playing a murderous trickster.
    — Lisa De Los Reyes, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • Then again, the right time to tell a violent story about murderous greed is a matter of debate.
    — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 15 Sep. 2025
  • But in 1921, that district was burned and destroyed by a murderous white mob.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Paula is on a path by the end of the second episode where there is a murderous person following her who has some abstract clues.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 20 May 2026

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