How to Use death toll in a Sentence

death toll

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  • Since the initial news broke, the death toll has increased.
    — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2023
  • And the death toll of U.S. citizens rose to 30, with 13 still missing.
    — Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2023
  • But the official death toll has not risen since Aug. 21.
    — Jenny Jarvie, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The death toll of the Maui fires, the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century, now stands at 114 people.
    — Paola Rosa-Aquino, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Thousands more were missing and the death toll is likely to rise in the coming days.
    — Isabella Kwai, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
  • In Tennessee, the statewide death toll rose to 15 on Sunday, with three deaths in the city of Memphis alone.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The death toll stood at 103 Tuesday night but was expected to rise.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 14 June 2023
  • The government said hundreds of people were killed in the clash, but others put the death toll in the thousands.
    — Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Saturday's report on the death toll was up two from the day before.
    — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Hamilton County’s 2022 death toll marked a six-year low.
    — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 11 Apr. 2023
  • In Michigan, the death toll hovered around 3,000 during those years.
    — Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Flood damage in the city of Derna, where the death toll from floods in eastern Libya is expected to soar.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The overall death toll, however, may not tell the whole story.
    — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Hamas health officials say the death toll has topped 9,400 people.
    — CBS News, 5 Nov. 2023
  • People are still dying, adding to the death toll here that is approaching 6,000.
    — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2023
  • The pastor doubted that approach on its own would make a dent in the country’s daily death toll.
    — Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
  • And as the death toll in Gaza keeps rising, more and more people believe Israel should agree to a ceasefire.
    — Jenavieve Hatch, Sacramento Bee, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Some estimates, though, set the death toll even higher.
    — Josh Snyder, arkansasonline.com, 17 Dec. 2023
  • The airstrikes come as Israel and Hamas approach their 100th day of war, with no end to the conflict in sight and the death toll continuing to rise.
    — Justin Klawans, The Week Us, theweek, 13 Jan. 2024
  • The death toll from an attack on a concert hall in Moscow continues to rise.
    — Brian Mann, NPR, 24 Mar. 2024
  • The death toll is the highest caused by a wildfire in the U.S. in more than a century, and thousands of residents lost their homes.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
  • And so the death toll continues to mount and these are people sheltering inside of a school.
    — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 19 Nov. 2023
  • The death toll remained at 133, but the search for bodies would continue, the governor said.
    — Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2024
  • According to the Associated Press, the death toll has risen to at least 1,600 on both sides.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The continued reminder of the high death toll is contributing to the emotional impact of the cleanup, Calanog said.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2023
  • The civilian death toll from two Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon rose to 10, Lebanese state media reported.
    — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Over the past decade, the death toll has reached an all-time high, and the biggest killers have been synthetic opioids such as fentanyl that are in the supply of many street drugs.
    — Lindsay Whitehurst, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The death toll from Wednesday's 7.4-magnitude quake ticked up slightly from the earlier toll of nine.
    — Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The fire has destroyed the village of Lahaina and unleashed a death toll that now stands at 106 even as search efforts continue.
    — Kathryn Romeyn, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The death toll rose after searchers found two more bodies in the mountains, Taiwan's fire department said.
    — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 4 Apr. 2024

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