How to Use crushed to death in a Sentence

crushed to death

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  • All were crushed to death, according to local police reports.
    — Mark Green, New York Daily News, 25 May 2024
  • Nineteen were hanged, and one man was crushed to death by rocks.
    — Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 1 Aug. 2022
  • In 1978, Lynne’s father was crushed to death by his own milk truck.
    — Kerry Howley, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2022
  • The stampede that ensued left about 100 drowned or crushed to death.
    — James Jeffrey, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2016
  • Man crushed to death by his own car in McDonald's drive-thru.
    — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2021
  • In those seconds, most people on the three bottom floors were crushed to death.
    — Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2022
  • As Scott began his set, some fans had already been crushed to death.
    — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2022
  • In 2010, three of her six children were crushed to death in their home in a downtown slum during the earthquake.
    — New York Times, 13 July 2021
  • One of his uncles was crushed to death in a mine near Dove Creek, Colo., at the age of 32, leaving behind four children.
    — Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Jan. 2021
  • Hundreds were accused and 20 were killed — 19 were hanged, and one man was crushed to death by rocks, the AP reported.
    — Nicole Pelletiere, Fox News, 27 May 2022
  • The 16-year-old died of asphyxia due to chest compression, meaning he was crushed to death.
    — Keely Brown, The Enquirer, 20 May 2021
  • One man trying to steal a converter from a Prius in Anaheim was crushed to death when the jack holding up the car failed, police said.
    — Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022
  • As chaos ensues, Miss Collins is crushed to death by a falling basketball backboard.
    — Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Almost six months after a 4-year-old Enfield child fell out of the bed of a truck and was crushed to death, police have arrested and charged the child’s mother and the driver of that truck.
    — Zach Murdock, courant.com, 7 Dec. 2020
  • In one case, a 17-year-old boy from Mexico was crushed to death while herding cows into an indoor corral on just his 10th day of work.
    — Maryam Jameel, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The second legend — the worst yet most enduring — is that she was crushed to death while performing an act of bestiality with a horse.
    — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The outlet reported that several passengers were crushed to death as the upper portion collided with the rocky bed of the river.
    — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 9 May 2023
  • The outlet reported that several passengers were crushed to death as the upper portion collided with the rocky bed of the river.
    — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 9 May 2023
  • After a Tesla worker in Shanghai was crushed to death last year, a report citing safety gaps was taken offline.
    — John Liu, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Up ahead, Denny spotted roadkill, stopped, got out and discovered a mother nutria and several of her offspring had been crushed to death.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The Kabul airport has remained a flashpoint for violence and chaos since the Taliban takeover, as the militants, patrolling the outside perimeter, have used force to control the crowds and some people have been crushed to death.
    — NBC News, 23 Aug. 2021
  • At Stalin’s funeral, 500 attendees were crushed to death.
    — John Tamny, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Late Saturday night, a hundred and fifty-six celebrants were crushed to death, mostly in one popular Itaewon alley.
    — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2022
  • What actually happened was no less horrific, but somehow seemed kinder: being crushed to death in milliseconds by as much as 6,000 pounds of pressure per square inch.
    — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 11 July 2023
  • It’s said many of these troubled spirits still roam Salem today—including Giles Corey, an 80-year-old farmer accused of witchcraft and crushed to death after publicly questioning the girls’ motives.
    — Gulnaz Khan, National Geographic, 31 Oct. 2020
  • Officials say people were crushed to death after a large crowd began pushing forward in a narrow alley near Hamilton Hotel, a major party spot in Seoul.
    — Time, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Mulder and Scully eventually track Tooms to a Baltimore shopping mall, where the murderous mutant finally meets his demise, crushed to death beneath a moving escalator.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 Sep. 2023

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