How to Use premeditate in a Sentence

premeditate

verb
  • John Ryan says the death doesn't appear to be premeditated.
    — CBS News, 3 Sep. 2017
  • The eight women and four men on the jury found that Johnson, 60, used a gun to kill Reuben Johnson, 56, and Aaliyah five years ago, but that the murders were not premeditated.
    — Pauline Repard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 3 Oct. 2017
  • Raynella Leath is guilty of the first-degree premeditated homicide of David Leath.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 14 July 2018
  • Nikolas Cruz, 19, a former student at the school, has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder.
    — Author: Samantha Schmidt, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Feb. 2018
  • He has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder.
    — Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2018
  • Cruz has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder.
    — CBS News, 28 Feb. 2018
  • Cruz is now charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder.
    — Phil McCausland, NBC News, 18 Feb. 2018
  • The alleged shooter, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder.
    — Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Fielder has been charged with two counts of premeditated murder.
    — Glenn E. Rice, Steve Vockrodt and Max Londberg, kansascity, 22 June 2018
  • Nikolas Cruz, 19, has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2019
  • Nikolas Cruz, 19, has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder.
    — Cnn Library, CNN, 20 Aug. 2019
  • Nikolas Cruz, 19, has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder.
    — Cnn Library, CNN, 20 Aug. 2019
  • Sheela argued unsuccessfully to the jury that Perez did not premeditate his wife’s slaying, but acted in the heat of passion.
    — Pauline Repard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Still, expert testimony was able to convince the jury that the killing was not premeditated.
    — Desiree Stennett, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2023
  • The dazzling restaurant scene is so competitive, dining out on a Friday or Saturday can be as premeditated as a trip to the moon.
    — New York Times, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Gallagher was found not guilty of the most serious charges against him, which included premeditated murder and shooting at civilians while in Iraq in 2017.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Emerging details indicate the gunman could have been lying in wait, making the crime premeditated rather than one of passion, Obayashi said.
    — Colleen Shalby, latimes.com, 20 June 2019
  • He is being held without bond on 17 counts of premeditated murder.
    — Leada Gore, AL.com, 16 Feb. 2018
  • However, the murder is not at all premeditated and instead unfolds through a mix of drunken abandon and suppressed heartache.
    — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 13 Mar. 2020
  • The shooter, Nikolas Cruz, was arrested and charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder.
    — Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian, kansascity, 20 Feb. 2018
  • Defense attorneys argued that when police knocked on the door, Brown had no time to premeditate a response, but was merely panicking.
    — Robert McCoppin, chicagotribune.com, 8 Apr. 2022
  • The State Attorney's Office for the 7th Circuit later upgraded the charge to first-degree murder, premeditated, due to the brutality of the crime.
    — C. A. Bridges, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Garcia was convicted of two counts of a lesser, non-premeditated form of homicide — second-degree murder — as well as two gun counts.
    — Dan Morse, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2020
  • The fact that the telephone wires were cut indicated that the murders were apparently premeditated, Helder said.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2019
  • But defense attorney Tom Jacquinot said in his opening statement that the evidence will show Vrba did not premeditate to kill Steinfeld, who was his friend.
    — NBC News, 4 Aug. 2020
  • The second-degree charges in the shootings of Dean and Henderson accuse Roberts of an intentional act of murder, not premeditated.
    — Joe Robertson, kansascity, 24 Oct. 2017
  • The conflict in the trial centered on whether the crime was premeditated — a second-degree murder conviction would have carried a maximum sentence of life in prison.
    — Rafael Olmeda, Sun-Sentinel.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • The failure of Blanc's efforts didn't prevent prosecutors from attaching two counts of abusing a dead human body to the two counts of premeditated murder.
    — David J. Neal, miamiherald, 14 June 2018
  • On Friday, he was charged with three counts of premeditated attempted murder.
    — Joseph Serna, chicagotribune.com, 6 June 2017
  • Prosecutors have portrayed Lee’s killing as premeditated, relying on security camera footage, text messages and the nature of the weapon used to make their case against Momeni.
    — Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2023

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