dying words

Example Sentences

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Then, prosecutors could rely on autopsy evidence, or even a woman’s dying words.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2026

"My grandmother’s dying words were literally, ‘Marry Korean!'"

From Reuters • Jun. 13, 2023

She adroitly juggled Alicent’s mercurial emotions and was convincing even when the show had her doing silly things, like attacking Rhaenyra with a dagger or misunderstanding Viserys’s dying words.

From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2022

The next day, the black chain-link fence went up around the square, and one of the first signs hung on it, according to Seiler, read “I can’t breathe,” Floyd’s dying words.

From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2022

Not all dying words are true and this blessing is no less real for being shorn of its ground.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy