death in life

But through these five years of death-in-life I managed to attain freedom such as few men have ever known.

Even if there were, it would probably be death-in-life: complete paralysis of the lower body.

The diamonds flashed and gleamed, lighting up the awful colour of her skin until she seemed a very "Death-in-Life."

Under the mountain-side, its covered passages ever seemed in deep gloom and shadow; a death-in-life atmosphere hung about it.

But what means the death-in-life condition of the King and his men?