VICTIM in a Sentence

Learn VICTIM from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
282 example sentences for VICTIM, such as:
1. I fell victim to the office bully.
2. The victim was knifed in the chest.
3. She was the victim of a sickening attack.
4. She was the innocent victim of an arson attack.
5. A few years ago she was the victim of a con man.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of VICTIM
victim
 n.  an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
 n.  a person who is tricked or swindled
Classic Sentence: (147 in 10 pages)
1  He did not even know whether any one else in the world felt as he did, or whether he was the sole victim of this mournful privilege.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
2  The Klan had acted to save the as yet unnamed victim from having to testify in open court.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
3  She was so evidently the victim of the civilization which had produced her, that the links of her bracelet seemed like manacles chaining her to her fate.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 1
4  He had meant to keep free from permanent ties, not from any poverty of feeling, but because, in a different way, he was, as much as Lily, the victim of his environment.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 14
5  By this time their destined victim appeared from his cabin.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 91. The Pequod Meets The Rose-Bud.
6  The Pequod's prows were pointed; and breaking up the charmed circle, she effectually parted the white whale from his victim.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 133. The Chase—First Day.
7  The woman who was paraded as a victim of violence was of bad character; her husband was a drunkard and a gambler.
Southern Horrors By Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Context  Highlight   In III
8  She was compelled by threats, if not by violence, to make the charge against the victim.
Southern Horrors By Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Context  Highlight   In III
9  The woman was a willing partner in the victim's guilt, and being of the "superior" race must naturally have been more guilty.
Southern Horrors By Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Context  Highlight   In III
10  But when the victim is a colored woman it is different.
Southern Horrors By Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Context  Highlight   In III
11  When the white man who is always the aggressor knows he runs as great risk of biting the dust every time his Afro-American victim does, he will have greater respect for Afro-American life.
Southern Horrors By Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Context  Highlight   In VII
12  The victim was Tamoszius Kuszleika, who played the violin.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
13  Jurgis had gone with the desire to get into an inconspicuous corner and see what was done; but this attitude of silent and open-eyed attention had marked him out for a victim.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
14  Two years was the "statute of limitations," and after that the victim could not sue.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
15  The victim was an insurance agent, and he had lost a hundred and ten dollars that did not belong to him.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 25
Example Sentence: (135 in 10 pages)
1  You admit you fired the gun and we now know that the shot killed the victim so you are, ipso facto, responsible for his death.
2  If you are the victim of a burglary, the emotional upset can affect you for a long time.
3  African hunting dogs will tear at the flesh of their victim until it is weak.
4  A few years ago she was the victim of a con man.
5  The inside of a van was as good a place as any to hold a kidnap victim.
6  When the attack took place, there were no victim support schemes.
7  She was the innocent victim of an arson attack.
8  She was the victim of a sickening attack.
9  First check that the accident victim doesn't have an obstructed airway.
10  A friend of the victim was subpoenaed as a witness by lawyers representing the accused.
11  He is said to have stifled his victim with a pillow.
12  The woman claims she was the victim of constructive dismissal after being demoted.
13  The victim was knifed in the chest.
14  I fell victim to the office bully.
15  The victim put up a heroic struggle against his assailant.