death sentence

Example Sentences

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In those days this was a death sentence as surely as tuberculosis had been.

From Literature

In his Dec. 23 tweet, Mr. Sasse wrote of the “death sentence” he’d received.

From The Wall Street Journal

It is incurable, with a median life expectancy of 12 to 18 months—in other words, a death sentence.

From Barron's

“I received a death sentence from the regime,” he said, as calmly as others might say they got a parking ticket.

From Los Angeles Times

Lai's conviction received international condemnation at the time, with rights groups condemning his punishment as "effectively a death sentence" and a symbol of the city's shrivelling press freedoms.

From Barron's