How to Use premeditate in a Sentence

premeditate

verb
  • It was premeditated in the sense that if the show got on the air and did well, the records would hopefully do well, too.
    — Gary Graff, Billboard, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Fielder has been charged with two counts of premeditated murder.
    — Glenn E. Rice, Steve Vockrodt and Max Londberg, kansascity, 22 June 2018
  • In other words, the whole point being, to a large extent, it's premeditated, it's thought out.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • That's premeditated in my mind.
    — Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • He is being held without bond on 17 counts of premeditated murder.
    — Leada Gore, AL.com, 16 Feb. 2018
  • This evolution seems to have been premeditated.
    — Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
  • This evolution seems to have been premeditated.
    — Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Though seemingly not premeditated, they're now believed to be his first murder victims.
    — CBS News, 28 Apr. 2018
  • Still, expert testimony was able to convince the jury that the killing was not premeditated.
    — Desiree Stennett, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2023
  • It wasn’t premeditated, just an emotional response to a rivalry destined to boil over.
    — Michael Prisuta, Detroit Free Press, 13 Nov. 2019
  • However, the murder is not at all premeditated and instead unfolds through a mix of drunken abandon and suppressed heartache.
    — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 13 Mar. 2020
  • Garcia was convicted of two counts of a lesser, non-premeditated form of homicide — second-degree murder — as well as two gun counts.
    — Dan Morse, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2020
  • And then there may be actual fraud — unlawful acts whether premeditated or impulsive.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 7 Dec. 2025
  • The vast majority of our troops recognize that fighting a war is not a euphemism for mass slaughter or premeditated murder.
    — Steve Chapman, chicagotribune.com, 22 Nov. 2019
  • Nikolas Cruz, 19, has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder.
    — Cnn Library, CNN, 20 Aug. 2019
  • Nikolas Cruz, 19, has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2019
  • Sheela argued unsuccessfully to the jury that Perez did not premeditate his wife’s slaying, but acted in the heat of passion.
    — Pauline Repard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Defense attorneys argued that when police knocked on the door, Brown had no time to premeditate a response, but was merely panicking.
    — Robert McCoppin, chicagotribune.com, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Emerging details indicate the gunman could have been lying in wait, making the crime premeditated rather than one of passion, Obayashi said.
    — Colleen Shalby, latimes.com, 20 June 2019
  • But Roman said a murder can be considered premeditated even if the decision came just minutes before.
    — Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Nikolas Cruz, 19, a former student at the school, has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder.
    — Author: Samantha Schmidt, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Quick thinks the shooting was premeditated and that law enforcement will start with interviewing witnesses.
    — Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The fact that the telephone wires were cut indicated that the murders were apparently premeditated, Helder said.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2019
  • Prosecutors argue the killings were premeditated, stemming from the collapse of his celebrity lifestyle after his wife filed for divorce.
    — Miguel Torres, AZCentral.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The defense argues the events were tragic and reckless but not premeditated, which would distinguish first-degree from second-degree murder.
    — Miguel Torres, AZCentral.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The dazzling restaurant scene is so competitive, dining out on a Friday or Saturday can be as premeditated as a trip to the moon.
    — New York Times, 25 Apr. 2018
  • The conflict in the trial centered on whether the crime was premeditated — a second-degree murder conviction would have carried a maximum sentence of life in prison.
    — Rafael Olmeda, Sun-Sentinel.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Prosecutors argued during the hearing that the murders were premeditated, as a cup that was in front of Benning in a photo was missing when police searched the scene.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
  • Prosecutors argued during the hearing that the murders were premeditated, as a cup that was in front of Benning in a photo was missing when police searched the scene.
    — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
  • The shooter, Nikolas Cruz, was arrested and charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder.
    — Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian, kansascity, 20 Feb. 2018

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