How to Use death in a Sentence

death

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  • People around the world mourned his death.
  • The newspaper did not report the cause of death.
  • There has been a death in the family.
  • Death could be seen lurking in the corner of the painting.
  • The general met his death on the battlefield.
  • The number of deaths from cancer is rising.
  • He died a violent death.
  • The accident resulted in two deaths.
  • The school put out statements in the wake of the death of George Floyd and the war in Ukraine.
    — Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The book tells of a farmer found stabbed to death with a sharp object near a rice field.
    — Jordan Michael Smith, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Then there are the deaths — the people can’t be replaced.
    — David Fischer and Terry Spencer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
  • The cause of death has not been announced in either case.
    — Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 1 June 2023
  • She was stunned when Crowe phoned in 1982 to inform her of Bangs’ death.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Williams' death was ruled a suicide by a gunshot wound to the head.
    — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Munger's death marks the end of an era for Berkshire Hathaway.
    — Garth Friesen, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The show appears to have survived its brush with death.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 8 Jan. 2024
  • This year marked the 30th anniversary of Cobain’s death.
    — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 23 June 2024
  • What impact does Raisi’s death have on Iran and the region?
    — TIME, 20 May 2024
  • The cause of death was liver failure, Hayes told Rolling Stone.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2023
  • My fifth child was due on the first anniversary of my dad’s death.
    — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Her mother confirmed the death, and said the cause was cancer.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 29 July 2024
  • For years, a blight of caterpillars had been munching the trees to death.
    — Rachel Riederer, The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
  • Read: What to read to come to terms with death The process is fairly simple.
    — Eleanor Cummins, The Atlantic, 13 June 2023
  • Many of us are able to live in constant denial about death.
    — The New Yorker, 8 May 2024
  • And Bernas appeared to have been dressed in a turquoise body suit after her death.
    — Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 4 Apr. 2023
  • In the case of the mink, Martin argues that choosing not to kill them will still result in the death of wildlife.
    — Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Raul’s cousins and nephews have struggled to cope with his death, Rios says.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The cause of death was listed at the time as cerebral hemorrhage.
    — Jeff MacGregor, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 June 2023
  • Previous research found that a decrease of two points in systolic blood pressure could result in a 7% to 10% reduction in heart disease and stroke death, the researchers note.
    — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • During the past two decades there have been 1.63 million excess deaths among Black Americans relative to white Americans.
    — Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024

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