dead

Example Sentences

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"If there isn't alignment here, we're dead in the water before we start, so that discussion has been going on for months already."

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

He had been presumed dead – yet another life claimed by Everest's treacherous slopes.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Two years prior, Brock’s old friend Sam Jayne, lead singer of regional peers Lync and Love as Laughter, was found dead in his car.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Traditional funeral practices in this region also involve touching the bodies of the dead; when health workers tried to block that from happening, residents only became more suspicious.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

It was dead of night now with a ring around the moon.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck