be killed
Example Sentences
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When he got the news that he would not be killed, he collapsed to the ground.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2026
“I intended the patient should die by nature,” he later wrote, “rather than be killed by art.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
Like the metal leash, "we are protected by an unreliable, thin chain of ethics. And if it's cut off, we will be killed by this technology," said Todo.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
Pretti was the second U.S. citizen in Minneapolis to be killed by immigration officers in recent weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026
"But if I have eaten from the peach of longevity, how can I be killed?"
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
