Example sentences for: homicide

How can you use “homicide” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Law , Murder One , Picket Fences , Chicago Hope (the Kelly years), Law & Order , Homicide: Life on the Street , Brooklyn South , The Practice , and yes, even Ally McBeal . Show me any half-hour show that approaches the wit, intelligence, character, relevance, and drama of the shows I mentioned.

  • It's said that one director was driven nearly to homicide after being forced to spend six hours lighting each shot (and, allegedly, to employ a technician whose sole job it was to hold a cardboard triangle next to a light so that the star's jowls would be covered by a shadow).

  • The court-martial ordered for two Marines whose plane downed an Italian cable car receives front-page play at the LAT , but is inside at the WP and NYT . The two Marines--the plane's pilot and the navigator--face 20 counts including negligent homicide and involuntary manslaughter.

  • City Sheriff's department is investigating the possibility that beatings of accused child molesters were allegedly encouraged by deputies working in the men's central jail and resulted in at least one homicide.

  • Not long ago, however, I discovered the journal that never fails to amaze: the American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology . A typical issue contained an article on three suicide victims with multiple gunshot wounds to the head (complete with photos from the death scenes; one poor guy shot himself five times before he finally died), another on improved methods to determine the age of an unidentified victim, and yet a third on the homicide rituals of the Italian Mafia.


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