How To Use Murder In A Sentence

Still, the doctor is not convinced, but he does offer his story of a murderous ventriloquist whose dummy seemed more alive, and violent, than he was.
It is murder trying to find a parking place for the car.
He admitted killing her but denied murder on the grounds of diminished responsibility and loss of control. Times, Sunday Times
And the moral murder of my child is to be my punishment for daring to turn a deaf ear to the indign passion of a brute! The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
You would commit the most foul of murders out of loyalty to me.

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Burke's execution was witnessed by the novelist Sir Walter Scott, who sympathized with the general opinion that both men's wives had served as accomplices, and that the anatomists had been accessories to the murders.
So, she ran round and round the scaffold with the executioner striking at her, and her grey hair bedabbled with blood; and even when they held her down upon the block she moved her head about to the last, resolved to be no party to her own barbarous murder. A Child's History of England
Police may now reinvestigate her unsolved murder.
Some people believe that Richard III did not murder his nephews and was not the villain he is generally thought to have been.
The rebels were responsible for the mass murder of 400 civilians.
Murder, rape, road rage, dacoities and rampant acts of terrorism have become an everyday affair in all the provincial capitals including the federal capital. Whether A Dictator Or Democrat: Please Explain
All three impulsively committed a felonious act that lead to their incarceration, i.e., attempted murder and kidnapping, attempted murder, and murder.
King Richard, as a just guerdon for all his fascinorous actions and horrible murders, was slain in the field.
AN autopsy on the body of a man found dead in a house has sparked a murder probe. The Sun
What's amazing about director Leonard Kastle's style is his ability to leap between camp and genuine moments of terror during the murder scenes.
My hair was matted and wild -- my limbs soiled with salt ooze; while at sea, I had thrown off those of my garments that encumbered me, and the rain drenched the thin summer-clothing I had retained -- my feet were bare, and the stunted reeds and broken shells made them bleed -- the while, I hurried to and fro, now looking earnestly on some distant rock which, islanded in the sands, bore for a moment a deceptive appearance -- now with flashing eyes reproaching the murderous ocean for its unutterable cruelty. III.9
The writings of a great amoralist - a de Sade, a Stirner, a Nietzsche - can inspire a handful of murders in two centuries.
She described at last with extraordinary clearness, which is so often seen, though only for a moment, in such overwrought states, how Ivan had been nearly driven out of his mind during the last two months trying to save “the monster and murderer,” his brother. The Brothers Karamazov
The murder sent shock waves through the whole community.
Some were serving life sentences for murder.
Autumn term means more ghastly murder. Times, Sunday Times
In 2009, an Salvadorean illegal immigrant named Ingmar Guandique was arrested and charged with Levy's murder. Report: Chandra Levy-linked ex-congressman Gary Condit writing tell-all book
He is on hunger strike in protest at what he claims is his wrongful conviction for murder.
It's science fiction all right, but it's also a character study and a murder mystery.
He must turn rogue and villain; for as the saying is, Necessitas cogit ad turpia, poverty alone makes men thieves, rebels, murderers, traitors, assassins, because of poverty we have sinned, Anatomy of Melancholy
The murder hunt team are now back at square one after having arrested and released 27 men.
The title of "desperado," "Negro murderer," is very easily obtained in the South. " Eagle Clippings " by Jack Thorne, Newspaper Correspondent and Story Teller, A Collection of His Writings to Various Newspapers
Well, clearly, to be murder in the first degree in California, it has to be willful, deliberate or premeditated.
He was arrested that night and charged with 1st degree murder.
The man charged with murder popped a valium to calm his nerves
The first exhibit was a knife which the prosecution claimed was the murder weapon.
Liberal proponents of American Values praise the freedom that opens the floodgates to gay marriage and pornography; conservatives, the liberty unleashing that locust plague called unrestrained capitalism; neo-conservatives the license for lying, murderous Machtpolitik. Founding Fathers vs. Church Fathers
Instead he plays Arthur as a terrifying yet avuncular figure, apt to switch from jovial bonhomie to murderous rage with lightning speed.
The brothers, both of no fixed address, are accused of the murders of Gary Pettitt and Jean Larkin.
And when the Monkeewrench crew - computer geeks who made a fortune on games, now assisting the cops with special anticrime soft-ware - are invited by the FBI to investigate a series of murder videos posted to the Web, it's not long before the group discovers the frightening link between the unlucky bride and the latest, most horrific use of the Internet yet. Shoot to Thrill by P. J. Tracy: Book summary
The marines all deny murder and affray. The Sun
She was sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment for poisoning and attempted murder.
Three men charged with the murder of a father of three have been remanded in custody. Times, Sunday Times
The rest of the book is a rampant cornucopia of sickness and murders as the noble hero, Dr. Alex Cross, attempts to find Casanova's victims, hidden deep in Casanova's sex caves. It's A Good Thing He Can't Blow My Mind
His father, David Ashworth, is wanted for questioning by murder squad detectives but yesterday he was still missing.
There are also scenes of prisoners attacking guards, shanking each other, and discussing their murders, assaults, and mutilations in graphic terms.
We have laws on murder, but, tragically, we still have murders and killings in this country.
The threat to foreign contractors has escalated in the past month following a series of kidnappings and murders.
Peggy Perez-Olivo murder 11 / 18 / 06 Millwood, NY * husband Carlos arrested and charged with her murder* Bonnie's Blog of Crime
The murderer attempted to escape from law punishment by spoiling his own face.
A TEN-year-old schoolgirl yesterday told a hushed court how she had seen the man accused of murdering and dismembering another man beat her mother.
And Miranda's supernatural visitations, which began on the night of the murder, are escalating in both frequency and intensity.
Gresham will stand trial for murder.
The police and the public must work together to solve the murder.
Residents said since the murder was discovered, police paramilitaries had been conducting an aggressive campaign to check identities in a search for vagrants, who are the prime suspects.
Rather, Robertson, skulking ahead, has now downgraded his earlier call to murder and mayhem to mere kidnapping.
Gosh, it's over a year since I read The Moving Toyshop; here Gervase Fen is embroiled in a mystery of murder and espionage in a West Country cathedral town in about 1940. January Books 27) Holy Disorders, by Edmund Crispin
You were convicted by a jury in 1984 of murder of your common-law wife and sentenced to life imprisonment, with the tariff set at 12 years.
The two are plunged into a murky world of murder, politics and conspiracies. Times, Sunday Times
It's better approached as a comedy than a murder mystery.
Her attorneys claim there is no conclusive evidence that any murders took place.
It gets worse: Spoon and Stretch suddenly find themselves wanted as possible suspects in a gruesome murder case.
But well before the latest murderers struck — well before another "antigovernment" Obama hater went on a cop-killing rampage in Pittsburgh in April — there have been indications that this rage could spiral out of control. Frank rich on fox news, responsibility and domestic terrorism
The purpose of the arrests is to cause gangs to police themselves -- if every murder results in a torrent of arrests, gang leaders are more likely to discourage the use of violence to resolve personal disputes. Chicago Gang Violence: Police Chief Jody Weis Follows Through On Controversial Strategy
Phillips murdered his wife, but got off on a plea of insanity.
He got ten years for the lesser crime of conspiracy to murder.
The walk will recall the town's heroes and villains, history, hauntings and murders, ghosts and ghouls.
She was furious - screaming bloody murder at the manager!
The audio foreground, however, is dominated by the insipid, warbling, and off-key sound of Gareth Gates murdering a late 1970s disco classic.
History is littered with despots and psychopaths, murderous dullards, evil geniuses, deadly incompetents, calamitous brutes of all descriptions.
The film follows the relationship between sexy femme fatale Suzy and young lawyer Jim, which eventually leads to a murderous crime of passion.
Too few examine the transparent social conditions that conspire to make them the easiest targets for murder.
There is even a flashback to the murder itself.
In addition, while Senator McCain was certainly correct in the debate when he claimed that Colombia and its President, Alvaro Uribe, constitute the U. S.'s number one ally in the region, HRW's new report paints a picture of Uribe as a major obstructer of the process to cut the fatal ties between the Colombian government and the murderous paramilitaries in that country. Dan Kovalik: Obama & Human Rights Watch -- Colombia Must Improve Human Rights
You want to look at any philosophy that millions of people subscribe to, and some bad things are going to happen - but to my knowledge "godlessness" has really only been around for about 100 years, and in that amount of time its probably led to more murder, misery and mans 'inhumanity to man than all the other "isms" ever created. Sound Politics: Obsession Shown At Cedar Park
Watching it, it's got all the fun of a murder mystery musical, but the undercurrent of aggression never lets it slip into the realm of a wispy bagatelle.
Perhaps his most interesting is Captain Spaulding (Sid Haig), a psychopath who commits various gruesome murders and owns a freak show themed tourist attraction. Five Horrifying Clowns | myFiveBest
Barnes was slain in a double murder one week before the Baltimore Ravens selected Lewis in the first round of the 1996 NFL draft.
I don't think people really mind about that sort of thing unless there's been a really grisly murder on the property. The Sun
Wilful impenitence is the grossest self-murder; and that is a horrible thing, which we should abhor the thought of. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
Tolkien, a devout Catholic, was a combat veteran of World War I, and acutely sensitive to the murderous nihilism of modern warfare.
JOHANNESBURG - South African police said they were searching for an alleged British mercenary freed on bail after being charged with the murders of two black men near Johannesburg. ANC Daily News Briefing
So ended the memorable 14th of August: it will be, doubtless, remembered by many with far from pleasant feelings; and some who have been "gulled" in England may thank Mr. Petersen that a carrier-pigeon freighted with a cock-and-bull story of blood, fire, wreck, and murder, was not despatched on that memorable day. Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal; or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51
The Catholic commission said Sunday it compiled what it called credible witness reports of "systematic violence in the form of assaults, murders, torture, abductions and wanton destruction of property against innocent civilians whose alleged crime is to have voted wrongly. ANC Daily News Briefing
‘We will not wine and dine with murderers,’ said Biti, a 33-year-old lawyer who is the opposition's shadow foreign minister.
The ill-natured Marx, the venomous Lenin, the murderous Stalin all had a deep-seated loathing of all those who disagreed with them.
If that is the case, my client was deprived of the chance of an acquittal on the murder count.
Heartbroken friends left flowers near the murder scene and paid tribute on social media websites. The Sun
As he learns, the murders were a cover up for the diamond robbery that took place that night.
In reality, pathologically murderous tyrants are fairly irredeemable.
The most loving parents and relatives commit murder with smiles on their faces. They force us to destroy the person we really are: a subtle kind of murder. Jim Morrison
For the life of me, I cannot fathom your continued application of the irrebuttable presumption that any individual held and interrogated by the admin is necessarily a murderer or an aider of a murderer. Balkinization
You know, Raymond, very often, we hear about so-called jailhouse justice, where other inmates take on the role of Lady Justice -- for instance, in the double murders of Nicole Brown and Ron Simpson. CNN Transcript Dec 9, 2008
A Yorkshire historian is calling on the Queen to help to clear Richard III of the double child murder which has blackened his reputation for more than 500 years.
The text may also be viewed as a legal instruction, issuing from God, requiring a particular and mandatory punishment for murder.
This House of Grief uses a murder trial to draw a portrait of a family. Times, Sunday Times
He is then framed for a murder and is forced to go on the run, being chased by spies and the police.
Peter succeeded to leadership of the movement after the murder of Asen by boyar (i.e., noble) conspirators. G. The Second Bulgarian Empire
Set in Scotland, it follows two families torn apart by a brutal double murder. The Sun
It was also the scene of murders: mafia henchmen allegedly threw unfortunates who couldn't pay their debts from the seven-floor building.
He is a murderer and a child abductor but he doesn't go on the register for that.
If this is a clash of civilizations, then one of our soldiers has just been murdered by our barbarian enemies.
The murderer was completely unbalanced.
Slice you up and cook you after you're murdered by strangulation.
All were accused of drugs and arms trafficking, money laundering, extortion and conspiracy to murder. Times, Sunday Times
Every step which led him to the summit of power was prefaced by what he called seeking the Lord; that is, attending sermons and prayers, by which the suborned performers of those profane and solemn farces prepared their congregations to desire what their employers had previously determined to do; thus giving an air of divine inspiration to the projects of fraud, murder, and ambition. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel
But police now know the murder weapon was a knife with a ten inch long blade.
In some quarters there has been some recrudescence of the _Shakti_ cultus, with its often obscene and horrible rites, and the unnatural depravity which was so marked a feature in the case of the band of young Brahmans who conspired to murder Mr. Jackson at Nasik represents a form of erotomania which is certainly much more common amongst Hindu political fanatics than amongst Hindus in general. Indian Unrest
That bloody Murder Squad of yours can't exist for ever.
A tourniquet is a common thing enough -- no more than a band with screw fittings, and there was nothing to show that the tourniquet used was any different from a thousand others; and I can see no particular reason why a doctor should commit a murder like this any more than any other man; in which the divisional surgeon agreed with me. The Red Triangle Being Some Further Chronicles of Martin Hewitt, Investigator
He is half-Indian and a hateful, evil criminal who steals and murders without a thought.
Flemings, and plans of bitter enmity against them; and the sight of his murdered father, with that look and tone of the old Dane, fired his spirit, and breaking from his trance of silent awe and grief, he exclaimed, "I see it, and dearly shall the traitor Fleming abye it! The Little Duke
What followed, as the subsequent murder trial heard, was a short period of chaos.
Juventus are murdering them in this second half and the home side are making it easy for them.
If you enjoy police dramas or murder mysteries, chances are you will enjoy this.
Rocket Docket Rudolph was pushing the Steere case through on greased skids; Marta doubted even a murder in the office would slow him down. ROUGH JUSTICE
FRED GOLDMAN, FATHER OF RON GOLDMAN: Twelve years ago, Ron and Nicole were murdered, murdered by a man whose name I still to this day refuse to use. CNN Transcript Dec 20, 2006
The former lover of a pensioner accused of murdering his wife and children 27 years ago said she did not give police vital information because she couldn't believe he would harm anyone.
Webster's book is released as in Rochdale, an apparently innocent man is murdered after being accused of being a paedophile. The NSPCC Needs To Be Stopped. Full Stop
He was sane at the time of the murder.
Murder squad detectives have warned that Mr Ashworth should not be approached.
Religious bigots have branded her an example of popish excess - a whore and perhaps a murderess.
The ‘Ice-Pick Murderer’ had whacked anyone Kay asked him to and hurt anyone else that he hadn't managed to kill.
The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, said French aircraft were already in action by late afternoon to stop what he described as Gaddafi's "murderous madness". Libya: Allied strikes sweep Libya as west intervenes in conflict
He said he was on patrol around the perimeter of the resort when the murder was committed. Times, Sunday Times
-- But then they are not charged for seeing the lamps; there is no charge for walking round the walks; there is no charge for looking at the cosmoramic pictures; there is no charge for casting a glance at the orchestra; there is no charge for staring at the other people; there is no charge for bowing or talking to an acquaintance, if you meet one -- all these are gratis; and if you neither eat nor drink, there is no charge for witnessing those who do mangle the long-murdered honours of the coop, and gulp down the most renovating of liquors, be they hale or stout, vite vine, red port, or rack punch. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 321, July 5, 1828
As if in relate of a king's barbarous thoughts, Oswald right widely separated appears lusting for a red red blood of bad Gloucester, a attempted attempted attempted attempted murder which would win a menial reward from Goneril. Archive 2009-11-01
When Bishop and Williams (no relation to the writer) were hanged for burking, i.e., murdering people in order to provide "subjects" for dissection, their bodies were sent to Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882
Walsingham assigns assistant secretary and chief intelligencer John Shakespeare to investigate the scheme and quickly concludes the Drake plot is tied to the murder of a relative of the Queen Lady Blanche Howard, whose corpse mutilated with numerous stabbings was found in a London fire. Martyr-Rory Clements « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews
The programme which was intended to allow accomplices in serious crimes to turn supergrasses and give evidence in order to secure convictions was first introduced in 1997 in the wake of the Guerin murder.
It was a bold stroke to reveal the identity of the murderer on the first page.
It was possible that Riddle had committed suicide in such a way as to make it appear that he had been murdered.
A police dog picked up the murderer's scent.
I think he wanted her to watch him do the murder so she would have to take the rap as well. The Sun
He is on death row awaiting execution for a non-political murder.
An American judge yesterday dismissed murder charges against Dr Jack Kevorkian.
The murders made prime fodder for newspapers.
All the elements of a good dark comedy are here: a murder, a dysfunctional family, someone in a clown suit and so on - but they should be tweaked further.
It is in his practical views on tyrannicide and political murder that Sexby's real inheritance still haunts us.
If I ever snap and go on a murderous killing spree, it'll be because of this guy.
In his gardens and chariot-racing center, called the hippodrome, almost a thousand people were brutally murdered. Raw Story
A judge accepted her plea that she was guilty of manslaughter, not murder.
So in the end, she decided to make beef carbonade, the perfect thing for a chilly winter night, and the red meat less likely to upset the bird lady than a murdered chicken might. Fascination
Police have not ruled out the possibility that the man was murdered.
The analysis of the samples on the murder spot showed some valuable clues to the police.
But not with envy, but with nauseousness knowing that Mike MacLean trusted you with Murderati. COLOR ME BADD
He is wanted for the murder of a teenage girl.
Mary graduates from a tense, haunted guilt about her role in the murder of Darnley to a radiant, assured queenliness in the spiritual honesty and dignity with which she faces death.
I know you guys aren't afraid of playing "murderball," but are your families worried about you reinjuring yourself at all? CNN Transcript Aug 3, 2005
The murder of a boy by police sparked renewed unrest in the occupied zone.
This remains an unsolved murder investigation. The Sun
A Reading crown court jury found him guilty of attempted murder. The Sun
Then he drove to tell police the murdered woman was in his car boot.
The murder rate in the city has risen to four times the national average .
Why are we asked to apologize to apologists of mass murder?
I know you guys aren't afraid of playing murderball, but are your families worried about you reinjuring yourself at all?
Dear, lovable Brian, as unaggressive a human as ever existed, had been murdered because of something to do with Sara. Scarlet Nights
The story goes that he was murdered.
They are murderers, and more importantly, they are sworn enemies of democracy and the rule of law.
During the same period, they also began their first and extremely brutal effort to collectivize agriculture — which ended up in the murder and starvation of millions of peasants. The Volokh Conspiracy » Competing Explanations for the Oppressive Nature of Socialism
Sloan began his narrative with the day of the murder.
There's betrayal, murder, raucous feasts, flamenco dancing and the occasional talking tree.
He was charged with attempted murder after attacking his brother and father and trying to kill himself a year earlier. The Sun
Years later, at the 2000 Vancouver International Film Festival, I sat with many of the same people to see the premiere of Scorn, which re-enacts the events surrounding the murders.
During this time Kissinger needlessly prolonged U.S. war-making in which 20,853 Americans were killed and an officially U. S.-estimated 7,860,013 Indochinese were murdered, maimed or made homeless. Fred Branfman: Hillary Clinton's Promoting Kissinger: An Insult to History
The haunting became so intense that in 1999 Buddhist monks were invited to the museum to offer foods to propitiate the restless souls of the victims who had been murdered there.
Anderson has been named by a "supergrass" convicted of conspiracy to murder who will give evidence next week. marcpen: A supergrass is a high level ex-gang member who 'turns Queen's Evidence' to become a prosecution witness. Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
He has consistently denied murdering his estranged wife.
Compare this to the roughly 16, 000 murders, 89,000 rapes, 441,000 robberies, and 834,000 assaults and tell me whether a gun or a fire extinguisher is more paranoid. The Volokh Conspiracy » Major legal win for Students for Concealed Carry on Campus
But when Max is accused of murder, Josh considers his own role in Max's path of life. January 2009
I will not rest until the murderer is under lock and key.
There will be much written about the pros and cons of this case: murder is unlawful, aiding and abetting suicide is illegal. Times, Sunday Times
Fights among rival gangs account for most murders in the city.
A suspect in a murder investigation claims to be psychic. The Sun
The strangulation was the cause of death and the dismemberment was clearly after death, and most likely done for the purpose of trying to conceal the murder and dispose of the body. CNN Transcript Mar 5, 2007
Since Ford had used the word assassinations, we assumed we were looking for persons who had been murdered—possibly persons who had died under suspicious circumstances. Staying Tuned
They are to be charged with attempting to murder Muller, abducting him, arson, theft, theft of a motor vehicle and housebreaking and theft.
Tom ended his recount of the events leading up to the murder there but promised that more on the saga would be revealed on February 4 at the Boys' School.
The plot is that the parole officer witnesses a murder committed by a bent copper.
I think he wanted her to watch him do the murder so she would have to take the rap as well. The Sun
How long should a murderer be kept in prison?
Chris, in a murder case we know the black and white letter of the law says the state does not have to prove motive.
Murders are frequent in Dagestan, in parts of which Islamic sharia law is enforced.
The police identified the murderess from a smudge of blood on the shirt.
A murder victim is not a stage-prop in the drama of his death but an active participant.
The jury could not decide on a murder verdict after 17 hours of deliberation and the Crown will seek a retrial on the charge. Times, Sunday Times
We withheld key evidence, so if you’re trying to figure out who killed Professor Plum, we haven’t shown you that the candlestick is even a potential murder weapon yet. Interview with LOST Co-Creator Damon Lindelof – Collider.com
Last night our criminal profilist Shanelle Parkerson was murdered.
Doyle hopes to prove his new pet theories on the existence of the supernatural, but when a murder takes place, his own drowned ghost reappears to dog him.
Outside London a murder squad detective might have one or two.
The hard-pressed Minstead team, bolstered by full-time officers from the Yard's murder squad, was in danger of becoming bogged down in the laborious task of weeding out suspects on the fringe of the investigation.
The murder certainly offered Stalin a way out of a difficult situation, and he had the recent example of Hitler's killing of Brownshirt leaders to inspire him.
“Anamorph” is about a detective investigating a strange series of murders in which the killer uses a little known technique called anamorphosis to create an image that can only be seen from a certain angle as created by the killer/artist. Dart Adams presents A Tale Of Ten Trailers 5 AKA The 4:20 Edition
The next year he and 16 others were found guilty of charges including extortion and murder. Times, Sunday Times
The play is a murder mystery.
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after two policemen were mown down chasing looters in the riots. The Sun
Her 25-year-old lorry driver husband was hanged for the murder of the child.
The Bible calls him an insurrectionist and a murderer, so he was an imprisoned terrorist awaiting execution.
The last moments of a teenager's life have been described in graphic detail to a murder trial jury.
There the Africans stood trial for piracy and murder in a much publicized case, even for that day.
Hoping that the nonmetal handle would interrupt a lethal electrical shock, in seconds I was hacking at the conduit like a demented ax murderer. Silver Zombie
They appeared at court yesterday to deny charges of murder.
Their affair is going nowhere until he asks her to restore a family heirloom that may contain the key to a centuries-old murder mystery.
Alexis is on trial for murdering music Brown during an attempted car theft. Md. man denies 2 killings in testimony
Being cruel, guileful and unscrupulous, the terrorist committed all manners of crimes including murder and arson.

How To Use Murder In A Sentence

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