Below you will find example sentences with "kill himself". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Kill Himself in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: kill
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 7
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 25.6 words

Words in this phrase

kill himself

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • kill can mean: To put to death; to extinguish the life of. Frequent word
  • himself can mean: Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 2 start, 8 middle, 10 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

and then kill himself 1× attempt to kill himself in october 1× attempt to kill himself is now 1× boys or kill himself 1× child and kill himself and kill 1× chose to kill himself rather than 1× decency to kill himself when his 1× didn t kill himself into a 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a kansas man 1× a paedophile tried 1× arion discovered the 1× at least charles 1× based on her 1× davis said quintin 1×

Common sentence endings:

to kill himself 4× a rallying cry 1× and the family 1× been taken captive 1× coroner was told 1× dock in australia 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

previous 4× trying 3× child 3× family 3× told 3× police 2× attempt 2× news 2× tried 2× younger 2× crimo 2× members 2×

Related phrases

finds himself establishing himself describes himself exposed himself introduce himself proved himself establish himself

Phrases around this combination

Just before it in the phrase index:

kids ages kidney disease kicked off kick off khan shah key themes

Just after it in the phrase index:

killed dozens killed tens killer whale killer whales kim jong kim yong

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same ending:

finds himself establishing himself describes himself exposed himself introduce himself proved himself

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "kill himself" has 2 words and usually appears near the end in these examples. The average sentence has 25.6 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as and then kill himself, attempt to kill himself in october, previous, trying and child stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with finds himself, establishing himself and describes himself, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with kill himself

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Sadly, he only manages to kill himself as Buu revives himself unscathed. (12 words)

Peter himself is quick to banish the lost boys or kill himself. (12 words)

Davis said Quintin had emailed his three sons the previous year informing them of his intention to kill himself. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

She said: 'Still something Hannah said stuck to her mind is that he said to his previous partner that if she was to leave him, and with his child, he would take the child and kill himself and kill the child. (41 words)

A Kansas man who police say caused a head-on collision on I-70 in an attempt to kill himself is now facing charges accusing him of trying to kill the occupants of the other vehicle. (36 words)

Trump also echoed news reports in advance of his announcement that said al-Baghdadi detonated a suicide vest to kill himself as he was cornered by American forces, blowing himself up and mutilating his body. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

A Kansas man who police say caused a head-on collision on I-70 in an attempt to kill himself is now facing charges accusing him of trying to kill the occupants of the other vehicle.

It wasn’t just that he was trying to kill them, he was trying to kill himself too,” Wagstaffe said.

At least Charles Stuart had the decency to kill himself when his little plan to kill his wife came apart.

She said: 'Still something Hannah said stuck to her mind is that he said to his previous partner that if she was to leave him, and with his child, he would take the child and kill himself and kill the child.

At that time, the victim called 911. She reported being afraid that the defendant would kill her, her children, and then kill himself.

Sadly, he only manages to kill himself as Buu revives himself unscathed.

According to the station, when police arrived Massuros’ husband barricaded himself in the basement with an AR-15 rifle and was threatening to kill himself.

Peter himself is quick to banish the lost boys or kill himself.

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Tewodros chose to kill himself rather than give himself up to the British after the capture in 1868 of Maqdala, his mountain capital, in order to rescue Europeans who had been taken captive.

Trump also echoed news reports in advance of his announcement that said al-Baghdadi detonated a suicide vest to kill himself as he was cornered by American forces, blowing himself up and mutilating his body.

Arion discovered the plot and begged for his life, but the crew gave him two options: that either he kill himself on the spot or jump ship and fend for himself in the sea.

A paedophile tried to kill himself by eating a poisoned Snickers bar while being convicted in the dock in Australia.

Based on her previous experience, she knew that it was likely that they had both been tortured as they were suicidal and the younger soldier had tried to kill himself.

Davis said Quintin had emailed his three sons the previous year informing them of his intention to kill himself.

He was pacing back and forth across his front porch, with a large caliber pistol, declaring his intent to kill himself.

In April 2019, law enforcement agencies were called to the residence of Crimo Jr.’s brother, where the younger Crimo had threatened to kill himself and the family.

Members of the family told Mr Ellery that they were "100 per cent" sure that Jack had not intended to kill himself, as he had plans for things to do.

OK so an investigation from ABC News' Mark Remillard will never satisfy the (understandably) widespread belief that turned "Jeffrey Epstein didn't kill himself" into a rallying cry.

He told me that was why he also turned down an opportunity to kill himself when he was on remand.

Highlander Hart sent family members a video in the aftermath of a previous attempt to kill himself in October 2021, the coroner was told.

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