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Knifeman in a sentence

Knifeman meaning

A man who uses a knife as a weapon.

Using Knifeman

  • The main meaning on this page is: A man who uses a knife as a weapon.
  • In the example corpus, knifeman often appears in combinations such as: the knifeman, knifeman who, knifeman is.

Context around Knifeman

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 10 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

lone 2× bondi 1× teenage 1× southport 1×

Often after:

entered 1× attacked 1× remains 1× aim 1× accused 1× brahim 1× first 1×

Sentence patterns with Knifeman

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a knifeman is reported 1× a knifeman who admitted 1× a lone knifeman at sydney 1× but the knifeman remains on 1× by a knifeman 1× contact with knifeman brahim issaoui 1× escape a knifeman who stabbed 1× for the knifeman and he 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a french tradie 1× a knifeman is 1× a knifeman who 1× a man aged 1× a nine month 1× a woman played 1×

Common sentence endings:

a police officer 1× asylum seeker hotels 1× blunting his blades 1× by a knifeman 1× call to prayer 1× called emergency services 1×

Words around Knifeman

Just before it in the word index:

knifefish 2 knifed 48 knife 2.388 knievel 9 kniest 3 kniess 3

Just after it in the word index:

knifepoint 52 knifes 7 knifework 3 kniffen 2 knifing 7 knifong 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aarons 33 abra 33 accelerations 33 accies 33 adepoju 33 aduana 33

Corpus analysis for Knifeman

  • In this selection, "knifeman" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, lone, bondi, teenage, entered, attacked and remains stand out and add context to how "knifeman" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a knifeman is reported and a knifeman who admitted. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "knifeman" sits close to words such as aarons, abra and accelerations, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with knifeman

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Sources said the officer was stabbed repeatedly as he tried to overpower the knifeman and save other victims. (18 words)

Armed police descended on the town centre looking for the knifeman and he was located a short time later. (19 words)

The mother and her baby were not physically harmed during the terrifying encounter but the knifeman remains on the run. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

The unrest flared after misinformation spread about the religion and immigration status of a knifeman accused of murdering three schoolgirls in Southport on July 29, leading to across the UK and attacks on asylum seeker hotels. (36 words)

Layton Byrne knifed the 17-year-old in the thigh and rear end at Elmdon Park in May 2020 - although his lawyer insisted the knifeman is actually 'loving', 'kind' and gives food to the homeless. (35 words)

A man, aged 47, who was taken into police custody hours after the attack on Thursday and was reported to have been in contact with knifeman Brahim Issaoui the previous day, is still being held. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

A knifeman who admitted wounding his victim has lost his complaint over a weekly newspaper’s decision to describe the crime as “malicious”.

Layton Byrne knifed the 17-year-old in the thigh and rear end at Elmdon Park in May 2020 - although his lawyer insisted the knifeman is actually 'loving', 'kind' and gives food to the homeless.

A French tradie who picked up a bollard and faced down the Westfield Bondi knifeman said the crazed killer had 'empty eyes'.

A nine-month-old baby remains in hospital on Saturday night after being stabbed by a lone knifeman at Sydney’s Westfield Bondi Junction in an attack that shocked the world.

Armed police descended on the town centre looking for the knifeman and he was located a short time later.

Axel Muganwa Rudakubana was arrested on the same day as the July 29th Southport attack, which saw three young girls slain by a knifeman.

Elsie Dot Stancombe, Bebe King and Alice Dasilva Aguiar were fatally stabbed when a knifeman entered a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in the town last Monday.

Footage taken immediately after the attack showed the teenage knifeman was pinned down by at least three people, including a police officer.

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Pakistani web developer accused of spreading disinformation about the Southport knifeman which triggered the riots accross the UK was charged with cyber terrorism.

The knifeman who slaughtered six people in Saturday's horror attack in Sydney once hit out at a knife business online slamming them for "blunting" his blades.

The lone knifeman attacked shoppers on Saturday at the Westfield shopping centre in the suburb of Bondi Junction in eastern Sydney.

The mother and her baby were not physically harmed during the terrifying encounter but the knifeman remains on the run.

The rampage saw the knifeman aim for people’s necks after he began stabbing people at a Festival of Diversity to celebrate the German city’s 650th anniversary.

The unrest flared after misinformation spread about the religion and immigration status of a knifeman accused of murdering three schoolgirls in Southport on July 29, leading to across the UK and attacks on asylum seeker hotels.

A knifeman is reported to have stormed into Regents Park Mosque this afternoon and ‘stabbed a man in the neck’ while he was carrying out the call to prayer.

A man, aged 47, who was taken into police custody hours after the attack on Thursday and was reported to have been in contact with knifeman Brahim Issaoui the previous day, is still being held.

A woman “played dead” to escape a knifeman who stabbed her in a London park, according to the family who called emergency services.

French media reported that the knifeman first attacked a man who had just left home for a daily walk – slitting his throat in front of the victim's girlfriend and son.

Sources said the officer was stabbed repeatedly as he tried to overpower the knifeman and save other victims.

The knifeman has been identified by French media as Nathan C. by his card details which say he was born in 1997 in Lilas, a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris.

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Common combinations with knifeman

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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What does "knifeman" mean?
Knifeman means: A man who uses a knife as a weapon.
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