How to Use victim in a Sentence

victim

noun
  • He was the victim of an error.
  • So line one is what the victims say.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
  • That victim died from his wounds.
    — Jermont Terry, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
  • All of the victims were 19 years old.
    — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
  • What do all the above victims have in common?
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The victims who died were found in the stairwell.
    — Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Police said two of the victims were shot.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
  • All three victims were found dead from gunshot wounds in the car.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • The victim was injured in the right eye and the back of her head.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2026
  • The suspect stabbed the victim in the neck, cops said.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026
  • Most of the victims have been children.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The victim was struck in the left hand, right shoulder and chest.
    — Sabrina Franza, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Two of the victims are now adults, while one is still a minor.
    — Jason Green, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The victim had pain in his right forearm and on both sides of his face.
    — cleveland, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Medics treated the victim at the scene.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The male victim was close to a small shed and the dog kennel on the left.
    — CBS News, 4 Mar. 2023
  • The judge focused on the victims.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Shots were then fired, striking the victim.
    — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The victim died from his injuries.
    — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
  • It is not known if the two latest victims were shot and killed or died in the fire.
    — Joe Hernandez, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
  • This list goes on and on, with victims hailing from both the left and the right.
    — John Feinblatt, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The alleged victim was 9 at the time.
    — Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
  • In the end, the Heat have been a victim of their success.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The crash report did not provide the age or name of the victim.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 15 Mar. 2025
  • One of the victims is said to have been 7 years old when the abuse began.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The suspects hit the victims in the face and body, police said.
    — Matt Foster, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2024
  • Silence gives them room to move on and target the next victim.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Feb. 2026
  • And the fact that there are so many victims can’t be justified.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 6 June 2025
  • As soon as the victim sends a pic or video, everything changes.
    — Kim Komando, Fox News, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The families of the victims said the pain is still as raw to this day.
    — Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 2 July 2026

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