kill a lover

Frequency: 5.01.2 per million words

to cause the death of a lover

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Examples (10)

  • A man was arrested for allegedly planning to kill his former lover.
  • The detective suspected she had killed her wealthy lover for the inheritance.
  • In a fit of jealous rage, he killed his lover and her new partner.
  • The villain in the story threatens to kill the hero's lover to gain leverage.
  • She was driven to the brink of insanity, ultimately killing her secret lover.
  • The queen was rumored to have killed a lover who betrayed her trust.
  • It was a crime of passion where a lover was killed by their spurned partner.
  • The defendant confessed that he didn't mean to kill his lover; he claimed it was an accident.
  • In the tragic play, the two feuding families ended up killing the star-crossed lovers.
  • He feared that his rival would stop at nothing, and might even kill his lover out of vengeance.