dead

Example Sentences

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Michoacán is known for its annual Day of the Dead celebrations, and Manzo had spent weeks readying the city’s festival of lights.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

“You feel like hell all the time. Dead on your feet, not sleeping well, just an awful feeling,” he said in a 2021 interview.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Bruce Hornsby, a Virginia pianist and later a sideman with the Grateful Dead, was rejected some 70 times by the music industry before he found his professional footing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

The Dead was already such a crazy scene, but there are all these soft rock stations playing that song.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

“I’m saying it doesn’t make any difference. Dead or alive, we have to get by this prehistoric speed bump or we’re going to die on this road. One way or the other we’re dead.”

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith