Below you will find example sentences with "serial killer". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Serial Killer in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: killer
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 34
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 28.1 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 2 start, 13 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "serial killer" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 28.1 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as of a serial killer, by a serial killer but by, film, shows and known stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with killer whales, killer whale, killer whales and killer whale, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with serial killer
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Slasher films are all about serial killers, but not every serial killer film is a slasher film. (17 words)
The Zodiac Killer, who operated in Northern California, is perhaps the most famous serial killer who has not been caught. (20 words)
Serial killer stories always seem to have a false lead or two, then culminate in a surprise killer suddenly being revealed. (21 words)
Gary Ridgway, the so-called Green River Killer, pleaded guilty to killing 49 women and girls, making him the most prolific serial killer in US history in terms of confirmed victims, though he said he killed 71. (37 words)
Coronation Street fans think they have spotted an obvious flaw in Stephen Reid's plan to drug - and potentially kill - his fiancee Elaine Metcalfe as they also believe they have 'worked out' the serial killer's downfall. (37 words)
The 527 inmates at HMP Bronzefield including Becky Watts killer Shauna Hoare, serial killer Joanna Dennehy and transgender double rapist Jessica Winfield will receive flowers and a poem on Sunday, to the fury of prison guards. (36 words)
The book explores how our understandings of serial killers – called “monsters” before the advent of modern psychology – have changed over time, and considers answers to a difficult question: what, exactly, “makes” a serial killer? (34 words)
Netflix's new documentary series Conversations With A Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes features never-before-released interviews with the notorious American serial killer - but will there be further episodes of the show? (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
He's still a serial killer after all, and surely Joe (another self-proclaimed serial killer) wouldn't let him win so easily.
Film The already vast and continually growing production of serial killer-based works shows that the serial killer persona fascinates portions of western culture.
That subculture includes the collection, sale, and display of serial killer memorabilia, dubbed " murderabilia " by one of the best-known opponents of collectors of serial killer remnants, Andrew Kahan.
Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes is one of the best serial killer TV shows on Netflix right now, and covers the infamous case of Scottish serial murderer Dennis Nilsen.
Slasher films are all about serial killers, but not every serial killer film is a slasher film.
The book explores how our understandings of serial killers – called “monsters” before the advent of modern psychology – have changed over time, and considers answers to a difficult question: what, exactly, “makes” a serial killer?
It was a long, winding road to determine who the Superstore Foot Killer might be, but in the closing moments of the series finale, the serial killer was finally outed.
Gary Ridgway, the so-called Green River Killer, pleaded guilty to killing 49 women and girls, making him the most prolific serial killer in US history in terms of confirmed victims, though he said he killed 71.
Netflix's new documentary series Conversations With A Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes features never-before-released interviews with the notorious American serial killer - but will there be further episodes of the show?
Serial killer stories always seem to have a false lead or two, then culminate in a surprise killer suddenly being revealed.
The 527 inmates at HMP Bronzefield including Becky Watts killer Shauna Hoare, serial killer Joanna Dennehy and transgender double rapist Jessica Winfield will receive flowers and a poem on Sunday, to the fury of prison guards.
The Zodiac Killer, who operated in Northern California, is perhaps the most famous serial killer who has not been caught.
This undated photo released by the FBI shows artist renderings of a serial killer and rapist, also known as the “East Area Rapist” and “Golden State Killer” from 1976 to 1986.
Abused by his father and uncle, Eddie became a violent misogynist and serial killer who still believes in the sanctity of love and marriage.
After three stabbings within the small city of Davis inside every week, residents concern the assaults are the work of a serial killer.
As she delves deeper into the case, she begins to suspect that the suicides could be the work of a serial killer.
Christian Bale's portrayal of American Psycho's Patrick Bateman wasn't inspired by a serial killer but by a Tom Cruise interview.
Coronation Street fans think they have spotted an obvious flaw in Stephen Reid's plan to drug - and potentially kill - his fiancee Elaine Metcalfe as they also believe they have 'worked out' the serial killer's downfall.
Daniel Blank, 61, is known as the River Parishes Serial Killer after he was convicted of five murders of elderly people, including beating and stabbing a 72-year-old woman to death.
Despite his urge to prove that he is a good person, the serial killer returns to his old habits when his close contacts, a.k.a the UK elite, are taken down one by one.