perish

Example Sentences

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He said Farage's words had "hit hard" because his grandparents had escaped Nazi Germany and much of their family had perished in the Holocaust.

From BBC

It’s still uncertain how many of the trees it scorched will perish.

From Los Angeles Times

"However, a much more severe disease arrives, one that improved varieties are normally more resistant to... and the local varieties perish, or perhaps don't produce fruit," he told AFP.

From Barron's

Some perished after the fire — overwhelmed and confused by the trauma.

From Los Angeles Times

Huge numbers perished in the Holocaust, yet even immediately after the war Yiddish was the pre-eminent language among the world's Jews.

From Barron's