Example Sentences

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“Everything I wanted in America is gone. You not only killed Olga, you killed me. You killed our whole family. You have stabbed me in the heart.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2023

“Ofc. McFarlain stated he could not live with himself if Pellerin would have stabbed someone in the store,” she wrote, according to The Advertiser.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 15, 2021

To bolster claims that Quinn is a repeat false accuser, many Gamergaters floated the claim that Quinn once claimed to have stabbed someone.

From Salon • Aug. 28, 2019

A lawyer being probed over fraud allegations who was found dead may have stabbed himself, police have revealed.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2013

The discovery of the age or something? 11TH JUROR: It would still be an incredible coincidence for another person to have stabbed the father with the same kind of knife. 3RD JUROR: That’s right!

From "Twelve Angry Men" by Reginald Rose