death warrant

Example Sentences

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Critics say this mothballing will amount to a death warrant, and have asked San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors to give the fountain another chance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

If and when the state kills, every decision, including whether and when to issue a death warrant, must be done publicly, deliberately, and in a way that accords the condemned due process of law.

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2025

But the 36-year-old business manager, from Manchester, signed his own death warrant on last night's episode when he was banished from the castle after a standoff with a fellow traitor.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2024

“They believe that if they are members of their department that they will be retaliated against, and that if they come forward they will be signing a death warrant for their careers.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2023

One of them spoke as though he read from a death warrant.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri