How to Use death in a Sentence
death
noun
- Death could be seen lurking in the corner of the painting.
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Her mother confirmed the death, and said the cause was cancer.
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Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
29 July 2024
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For years, a blight of caterpillars had been munching the trees to death.
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Rachel Riederer,
The New Yorker,
12 June 2024
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This year marked the 30th anniversary of Cobain’s death.
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Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
23 June 2024
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There were no updates on the cause of death as of Monday afternoon.
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Tony Roberts,
Baltimore Sun,
29 July 2024
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Emmerich also highlighted Hopkins’ death scene as a personal favorite.
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Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
28 July 2024
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Marlon Wayans: The comedian talks about working through loss — including the death of his parents — by finding humor in everything.
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David Marchese,
New York Times,
1 June 2024
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The school put out statements in the wake of the death of George Floyd and the war in Ukraine.
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Erik Ortiz,
NBC News,
12 Oct. 2023
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The book tells of a farmer found stabbed to death with a sharp object near a rice field.
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Jordan Michael Smith,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 Jan. 2024
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The cause of death has not been announced in either case.
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Brieanna J. Frank,
USA TODAY,
1 June 2023
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She was stunned when Crowe phoned in 1982 to inform her of Bangs’ death.
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George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Dec. 2023
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Munger's death marks the end of an era for Berkshire Hathaway.
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Garth Friesen,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2024
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The show appears to have survived its brush with death.
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Paul Grein,
Billboard,
8 Jan. 2024
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The cause of death was liver failure, Hayes told Rolling Stone.
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Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
4 Sep. 2023
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Read: What to read to come to terms with death The process is fairly simple.
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Eleanor Cummins,
The Atlantic,
13 June 2023
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In the case of the mink, Martin argues that choosing not to kill them will still result in the death of wildlife.
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Christian Thorsberg,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Jan. 2024
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Raul’s cousins and nephews have struggled to cope with his death, Rios says.
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Alaa Elassar,
CNN,
11 Oct. 2023
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The cause of death was listed at the time as cerebral hemorrhage.
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Jeff MacGregor,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 June 2023
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Sometimes, the trauma of these schools can even result in death.
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Ct Jones,
Rolling Stone,
7 Jan. 2024
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And the physical toll of his work may have contributed to his death.
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Randy Dotinga,
Washington Post,
24 June 2023
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Word of his death spread on social media over the weekend.
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John Annese,
New York Daily News,
7 July 2024
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Her cause of death was determined to be a gunshot wound.
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Nicole Acosta,
Peoplemag,
7 July 2024
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Details of the boater’s identity and cause of death have not been released.
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Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
7 July 2024
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Singh has received death threats via a text message and visits of concern from the FBI.
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Joe Rubin,
Sacramento Bee,
31 Jan. 2024
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The pair split in 2016 but were locked in a custody battle that only ended with his death.
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Rebecca Rosenberg,
Fox News,
3 Nov. 2023
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The track was one of several songs on a cassette Lennon made before his death in 1980.
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Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
13 June 2023
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Yet Ukrainians found space in their hearts for sadness about the death of an actor who had touched their lives.
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Maria Varenikova,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2023
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The surge in deaths and hospitalization from heat stress and stroke?
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Aryn Baker,
Time,
9 Aug. 2023
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So now, Staley is in another fight — one that isn’t life or death just a whole lot of life, his life.
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Jeff Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
30 July 2023
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The death left one of Taylor’s best friends, Kenneth Bevens, in disbelief.
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Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2024
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