How to Use body count in a Sentence

body count

noun

• The rising body count fueled opposition to the war.
• By the next morning, the body count in the room rose to three.
  — Natalie Gallón, CNN, 7 May 2020
• Her body count in the script was higher than in the movie.
  — Jen Yamatostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2023
• But the body count keeps rising, and now the city is on fire.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 17 May 2021
• And there were quite a few good guys in that body count, too.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 6 May 2018
• No one needs to add their child to the body count of stupid children.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2024
• By 1978, Elvis wasn’t the only rock star in the grave; the body count was rising.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 2 Jan. 2022
• Was the body count of dead and injured not high enough for Kelly?
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 14 July 2021
• Do something to stem the grisly body count of kids and teens killed in their schools.
  — The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, 3 Mar. 2018
• So anything that slows their bird body count is a good step.
  — Amanda Castleman, Good Housekeeping, 23 Aug. 2017
• And, to be clear, this decision will have a body count.
  — Nicole Hemmer, CNN, 4 May 2022
• As the night’s events lead to a growing body count, the movie makes sure to always keep you on your toes.
  — Jihane Bousfiha, ELLE, 30 Apr. 2022
• As the body count in Southeast Asia grows, Americans take to the streets.
  — Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2018
• And its body count has steadily increased over the past decade.
  — Wesley Lowery, Men's Health, 18 Nov. 2022
• Seriously, the body count in this movie is off the charts.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 18 Aug. 2022
• Yet his body count can’t even come close to the Oxycontin scourge.
  — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2023
• A lot of writers can chalk up a high body count in a mystery or thriller.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2022
• Instead, The Kitchen ends on a hopeful note, despite the high body count that has built up along the way.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2019
• As Season 2 of Riverdale nears its finale, the Black Hood is back, and the body count is rising.
  — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 May 2018
• If a high body count is your goal, this hunt probably isn’t for you.
  — David Zeug, Outdoor Life, 22 Jan. 2023
• There’s even a chart available of his body count per novel.
  — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 16 Sep. 2020
• But the body count grows and justice proves hard to deliver.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 24 Dec. 2023
• The body count tells the tale: Hundreds killed, thousands injured.
  — Seth J. Frantzman, National Review, 1 Nov. 2019
• One such moment came when one very bold fan asked Adele what her body count was.
  — Iris Goldsztajn, Marie Claire, 11 Oct. 2021
• Now, writers from Spain, Scotland and Poland are building up a body count in the Faroes.
  — Alistair MacDonald, WSJ, 20 Apr. 2018
• Get ready to run up the body count on Nicki Minaj’s new body … in Call of Duty, that is.
  — Vulture, 24 Aug. 2023
• We had been warned: Stranger Things Season 4 Volume 2 would have a body count.
  — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 5 July 2022
• As for me, the trauma of compiling a body count had taken a toll.
  — ProPublica, 15 Dec. 2022
• Vallejo more than doubled its body count from 12 to 28.
  — Megan Cassidy, SFChronicle.com, 9 Jan. 2021
• But the unsparing final stretch leads to a sobering body count and some unavoidable acts of violence that look far from heroic.
  — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 May 2024

Last Updated: 1 Dec 2024