deadliest

Example Sentences

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That marvelous lighted scene, foretelling the end of Europe’s deadliest period, has stayed with me all these years.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Victor Lemus, Joshua Kelley-Eklund and William Osborn and marking the department’s deadliest incident in more than 150 years.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

The crash is the country's deadliest air disaster in decades, though the cause of the incident has long remained a mystery.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

“That a name evocative of Disneyland has been applied to a depopulated, decimated swath of Ukrainian coal-and-steel country could appear jarring as Europe’s deadliest fighting since World War II continues to rage,” they wrote.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026

They whispered of Ser Arthur Dayne, the Sword of the Morning, deadliest of the seven knights of Aerys's Kingsguard, and of how their young lord had slain him in single combat.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin