Example Sentences

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In charging Ryan with “depraved heart” second-degree murder, authorities did not assert that Ryan premeditatedly killed Harris.

From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2022

That the author of this diffusive mischief perpetuated it premeditatedly, wantonly, in the gaiety of his heart.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 9 by Richardson, Samuel

"Do you mean to say," asked Aunt Martha, "that you willingly and premeditatedly became a thief and midnight robber?"

From The Stories of the Three Burglars by Stockton, Frank Richard

Gwendolen could dare nothing except an impulsive action—least of all could she dare premeditatedly a vague future in which the only certain condition was indignity.

From Daniel Deronda by Eliot, George

She writes, as your Lordship has read, 'That, in endeavouring to save a drowning wretch, she had been, not accidentally, but premeditatedly, and of set purpose, drawn in after him.'

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7 by Richardson, Samuel