hit woman
Example Sentences
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She was his personal legal hit woman, and she took on the assignment with energy and enthusiasm.
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026
The inventively slick “Kill Boksoon,” from the writer and director Byun Sung-hyun, bears several similarities to another recent thriller about a hit woman, “Gunpowder Milkshake.”
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023
There’s balletic and interpretive precision in Comer’s embodiment of Tessa, a courtroom killer of far different intent than her nonpareil television hit woman, Villanelle.
From Washington Post • May 17, 2022
Big wheel keep on turnin’, “Empire’s” Taraji P. Henson keep on burnin’ as the titular Boston hit woman “Proud Mary” in this 2018 crime tale.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2018
Henson plays a hit woman in “Proud Mary,” to be released on Friday.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2018