drop dead

Example Sentences

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If he kisses her, she might drop dead.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

If Elon Musk were to drop dead tomorrow, the damage to Tesla’s share price would be unfathomable, because companies and also dumb crypto tokens get much more valuable when Musk breathes on them.

From Slate • Dec. 6, 2024

Physicians identified this phenomenon in the aftermath of World War II, when they observed skeletal concentration-camp survivors and longtime prisoners of war eat high-caloric foods and then drop dead of cardiac failure.

From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2024

Then when Joseph took his string of horses to Churchill Downs around this year’s Kentucky Derby, he had two horses drop dead.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2023

Whatever Momma meant by more involved, I’d drop dead of shock if anything changed.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry