dying for
Example Sentences
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“I’m not, for lack of a better way of saying it, dying for it to happen, but I’d just like to find some way to communicate to everyone on either side that everything’s fine.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
I’ve met so many artists who were just dying for the opportunity.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
Tibetans have clung on to their identity for 75 years now, fighting for it and dying for it.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025
BBC News sent more than 5,000 GPs a questionnaire asking whether they agreed with changing the law to allow assisted dying for certain terminally ill people in England and Wales.
From BBC • May 13, 2025
“For God’s sake, Mother, people are out there dying for you.”
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
