Example Sentences

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As schematic as the premise sounds—it’s another hitman story, after all—the series is fast-paced and gripping, largely because it’s so fast-paced.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

She then whisked him away and allegedly rendezvoused with Jawed, who transported the accused hitman to Texas.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2024

It was Ms Pevchikh who said in the aftermath of Navalny's death that he was close to being exchanged for a Russian hitman serving a life sentence for murder in Germany.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2024

Fincher directs "The Killer", a thriller about a ruthless hitman played by Michael Fassbender, while Cooper directs and stars in "Maestro", about the composer Leonard Bernstein.

From Reuters • Aug. 29, 2023

It sounds all very well, Abercromby, my old friend," said Willoughby, "but Johnstone, or old Fraser, as we call him, is a hitman shark!

From A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story by Savage, Richard