Examples of hit man in a Sentence
She hired a hit man to kill her ex-husband.
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Malaria, dengue fever, dysentery, and in a few cases typhus, hit man after man.
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Salama Udaipurwala, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
In Ben Wheatley's brilliant and blistering work, a British soldier returns home and embarks on a career as a hit man, finding strange little details while on his various jobs.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
Powell, as the dorky professor Gary Johnson turned expert undercover fake hit man, gives a megawatt star turn, effortlessly shifting between his character’s multiple personas, while co-lead Adria Arjona is similarly compelling as an abused wife who is more dangerous than meets the eye.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 16 July 2024
By appearances, Leasure was not a plausible hit man, and explaining his motives was tricky.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
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Salama Udaipurwala, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
In Ben Wheatley's brilliant and blistering work, a British soldier returns home and embarks on a career as a hit man, finding strange little details while on his various jobs.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
Powell, as the dorky professor Gary Johnson turned expert undercover fake hit man, gives a megawatt star turn, effortlessly shifting between his character’s multiple personas, while co-lead Adria Arjona is similarly compelling as an abused wife who is more dangerous than meets the eye.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 16 July 2024
By appearances, Leasure was not a plausible hit man, and explaining his motives was tricky.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
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“Hit man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hit%20man. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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