How to Use rapist in a Sentence

rapist

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  • The rapist is described as Black and about 6 feet tall.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2024
  • The thought of a rapist on the loose has many students concerned.
    — CBS News, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The rapist was walking down the stairs from the third floor of the building near Thompson and Prince Sts.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2024
  • The best news is that an alleged rapist has been taken off the street.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 14 July 2022
  • By the end of the spree, the rapist’s attacks were spread out over 500 square miles of South Florida.
    — David Schutz, Sun Sentinel, 12 July 2024
  • The Chevrolet El Camino driven by the rapist matched the description of one owned by Wilder.
    — Holly Baltz, USA TODAY, 25 May 2024
  • And think of Flock, who once imagined burning down her rapist’s store.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The story sees an ancient witch take revenge on a gang of rapists.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 12 Mar. 2023
  • The following year, police caught a rapist in the act and sampled his DNA.
    — cleveland, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The woman thought the evidence from her rape kit might be used against her rapist.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Or Amy Schumer can share a meme implying that all Gazans are rapists?
    — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2023
  • So there’s a double mystery: one, who is the rapist; two, who is the vigilante.
    — Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Lawyers on both sides called Monk a rapist during the proceedings.
    — John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Cops canvassing the area learned the rapist used a local train station.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 19 July 2024
  • There are no bums or drug addicts or rapists or people waiting to push you onto the train tracks and kill you.
    — Peter Suciu, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The law has assisted in the the identification of more than 800 rapists.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Although a rapist wouldn’t be able to file a lawsuit, their relatives could.
    — Celina Tebor, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Taryn Cornick has a sister who, while out for a jog, is run down by a would-be rapist and bundled into his trunk to die.
    — Tom Shippey, WSJ, 2 Apr. 2021
  • While a rapist wouldn't be allowed to sue, their family members could.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 23 Mar. 2022
  • On the witness stand, Sebold identified him as her rapist.
    — Fox News, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Strauss said that lawyers are the easiest to cast, then victims, then murderers, then rapists.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
  • That means countless victims may never know their rapists were accused more than once.
    — Gina Barton, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024
  • When all was said and done, many pirates were criminals, terrorists and rapists.
    — Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2024
  • There were rumors that the real killer was a serial rapist who escaped from prison the month before Tair’s murder.
    — New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022
  • One of her clients attempted suicide three times while fighting for more than a decade for her rapist’s conviction.
    — Anna-Catherine Brigida, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Seven-year-old Zainab Ansari—victim of one of the most henious cases of rape and murder in Pakistan—was fully clothed as she was led away by her rapist.
    — Mira Sethi, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2023
  • No one can extort billions of dollars from murderers and rapists.
    — Onkar Ghate, Orange County Register, 1 Sep. 2024
  • But instead of committing suicide as is customary in her culture, Mai took her rapists to court and won.
    — James Bash | , oregonlive, 14 Mar. 2023
  • When the rapist finally leaves after forcing Marie to shower, the teen — who lives in her own apartment at a center for foster youth — calls the police.
    — Laura Barcella, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Gentileschi had been raped, and her rapist was brought to trial and convicted but never punished or imprisoned.
    — Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024

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