How to Use death in a Sentence

death

noun

• People around the world mourned his death.
• The newspaper did not report the cause of death.
• There has been a death in the family.
• Death could be seen lurking in the corner of the painting.
• The general met his death on the battlefield.
• The number of deaths from cancer is rising.
• He died a violent death.
• The accident resulted in two deaths.
• She was accused of failure to seek assistance in the man’s death, police said.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2023
• Our family was not properly notified of Chase’s death as next of kin.
  — Adam Sabes, Fox News, 4 Mar. 2023
• Most symptoms start within a week, with death occurring between eight and nine days after initial symptoms.
  — Katia Hetter, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
• However, when a nefarious organization rears its head, the stakes of this rematch become life or death.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 6 Oct. 2024
• Share [Findings] The presence of a professional sports team increases a city’s seasonal flu deaths.
  — Kyle Paoletta, Harpers Magazine, 29 Mar. 2023
• Aliana Mawla is adding her words to a mountain of heartfelt Liam Payne tributes following the 31-year-old singer’s shocking death this week.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2024
• While staring at her coffin, draped in an American flag, hundreds lamented Ical Seb’s death, and encouraged each other to take care of one another.
  — Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2023
• Rossington was Lynyrd Skynyrd’s last surviving original member, a stoic figure who preferred to let his guitar do the talking and who cheated death more than once.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2023
• The school put out statements in the wake of the death of George Floyd and the war in Ukraine.
  — Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2023
• The book tells of a farmer found stabbed to death with a sharp object near a rice field.
  — Jordan Michael Smith, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024
• Then there are the deaths — the people can’t be replaced.
  — David Fischer and Terry Spencer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
• The cause of death has not been announced in either case.
  — Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 1 June 2023
• She was stunned when Crowe phoned in 1982 to inform her of Bangs’ death.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2023
• Williams' death was ruled a suicide by a gunshot wound to the head.
  — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 18 Aug. 2024
• Munger's death marks the end of an era for Berkshire Hathaway.
  — Garth Friesen, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
• The show appears to have survived its brush with death.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 8 Jan. 2024
• This year marked the 30th anniversary of Cobain’s death.
  — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 23 June 2024
• What impact does Raisi’s death have on Iran and the region?
  — TIME, 20 May 2024
• The cause of death was liver failure, Hayes told Rolling Stone.
  — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2023
• Her mother confirmed the death, and said the cause was cancer.
  — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 29 July 2024
• For years, a blight of caterpillars had been munching the trees to death.
  — Rachel Riederer, The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
• Following her father’s death, Bobbie (McEntire) is reopening the doors, eager to step into her new position as owner.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024