Murdering
['mə:dəriŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Murder
Typist: Nora
Examples
- That of murdering their coachman, William Kirwan. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I expressed my opinion upon this, that they were a set of murdering thieves. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Sometimes I thought that the fiend followed me, and might expedite my remissness by murdering my companion. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I knew a man who was hung in Jamaica for murdering his master. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- They were looting, murdering, and fighting amongst themselves. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Think that the reality is in her suffering, in her useless remorse, in her murdering within her breast the only love and truth of which it is capable! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You have not made it clear what was Colonel Moran's motive in murdering the Honourable Ronald Adair? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- They swept the country like a conquering army, burning--laying waste-- murdering. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He owes me money, and might think of paying off old scores in this murdering place. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Upon the charge of murdering Mr. Jonas Oldacre, of Lower Norwood. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- They are, Mr. Lorry whispered the words, glancing fearfully round at the locked room, murdering the prisoners. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- They had no English-murdering clerk. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- To wile away the time till your father comes,' he said,--'pray is there much robbing and murdering of seamen about the water-side now? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A detachment marched down to Philadelphia for the express purpose of murdering some friendly Indians, who had been removed to the city for safety. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Two great peoples, both very necessary to the world's development, fell foul of one another, and at last Rome succeeded in murdering Carthage. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He'll begin with flourishing about the Rights of Man and end with murdering a wench. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Here's the new boy a murdering of me! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
Typist: Nora