body count

Example Sentences

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Safety regulators and investigators are alarmed by the mounting body count associated with what is believed to be a relatively small number of air bags with DTN parts, people familiar with the situation said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Americans dislike it when police have to meet parking-ticket quotas, much less body counts for arrests.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Influencers,” like its predecessor, was written and directed by the Canadian Kurtis David Harder, whose cleverness is as abundant as the body count.

From The Wall Street Journal

That the United States once again is reeling from familiar but alarming headlines and body counts should not be a surprise by now.

From Salon

Given its overabundance of empty shock humor, the movie seems afraid to be about much of anything except its toy monkey’s prankish body count.

From Los Angeles Times