dying

Example Sentences

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Forty years later, Kendrick Lamar borrowed Gadson’s intricate rhythm pattern for “Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst,” from the rapper’s 2012 breakthrough album, “Good Kid, M.A.A.D City.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Ultimately, “Against the Dying of the Light” succeeds as a whole because it’s so layered, offering aesthetic beauty and room-filling atmosphere on the surface and tangled concepts to wrestle with the deeper you go.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The opposite argument is advanced by the Humanist Society Scotland along with two other campaigning groups, Dignity in Dying Scotland, and Friends at the End.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

The bit carried through as they presented a second category - for female actor in a limited series to Dying for Sex star Michelle Williams, who was not in attendance.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

Dying was OK because it was sleep and there wasn’t no gray ball in death, was there?

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison