murderess
Example Sentences
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Marten said she was worried people would think she was "some evil mother" or a "murderess."
From BBC • May 2, 2025
In this eerie, rather primitive context, its easy to surmise that the murderess is a witch.
From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024
Rivera also inhabited roles like Rosie, the girlfriend of a rock star’s manager in “Bye Bye Birdie,” the original Velma and later the ambitious murderess Roxie in “Chicago,” and former showgirl Lilane in “Nine.”
From Salon • Jan. 30, 2024
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.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2022
It is not a question of proving that the Comtesse Hermine is a spy and a murderess: it is a question of proving that I am the Comtesse Hermine.
From The Woman of Mystery by Leblanc, Maurice
