How to Use death sentence in a Sentence

death sentence

noun
  • She received a death sentence for the murders.
  • In the world of TV tropes, that's a death sentence right there.
    Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 18 Sep. 2022
  • That’s 85% of the time, just about a death sentence in postseason play.
    Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Indeed, this is a death sentence for many of them . . .
    Oliver Sacks, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
  • But now, even one drop of Tigrayan blood in anyone is a death sentence.
    Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2021
  • What takes so long? Justin Brooks: In her case, the first thing was to get her death sentence reversed.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Aug. 2022
  • Carter appealed his death sentence, and in 1992 was again sentenced to die.
    Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Nov. 2022
  • The results aren’t a death sentence for remote work, Baym said.
    Emily Peck, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2021
  • The unsanctioned move was a death sentence for the airport.
    Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2024
  • The plea spared him the possibility of a death sentence.
    Steve Chawkins, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2023
  • The verdict was affirmed on appeal, but the death sentence was tossed out.
    Longreads, 2 May 2024
  • At least eight jurors in such a case would have to agree on the imposition of a death sentence.
    By Andrew Powell | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Her boyfriend, Isauro Aguirre, received a death sentence.
    Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Sodais said that feeling abandoned by the U.S. was like a death sentence.
    Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2022
  • His words became a death sentence, and my brain perceived them as a threat to my survival.
    Abe Brown, Forbes, 24 June 2022
  • When the time comes, demons barrel onto Earth to mete out a grisly death sentence.
    Manori Ravindran, Variety, 27 Nov. 2021
  • Parks told jurors he was concerned any prison time would be a death sentence for Smith.
    Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 3 Mar. 2022
  • More than 100 protesters have been charged with crimes that carry the death sentence.
    WIRED, 25 Feb. 2023
  • If Mitchell had entered the women’s restroom, that shouldn’t be a death sentence, Crump said.
    Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
  • Some tiny humans will survive, but most who would have faced a death sentence will still face it, ...
    Marvin Olasky, National Review, 27 June 2022
  • For some, the border closure has already been a death sentence.
    Hajar Harb, Washington Post, 15 June 2024
  • The jury had to reach a unanimous decision for the death sentence.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Müller was an exception, receiving a death sentence from a Greek court for his role in the reprisals.
    Carolyn Hagler, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Bundy avoided the death sentence by agreeing to testify against Clark as part of a plea deal.
    Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 16 Oct. 2023
  • But many here have fled airstrikes multiple times and say that going back is a death sentence.
    Yan Naing, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2023
  • At the heart of the two-week trial was the small but key detail that led to his death sentence after his conviction in 1991.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Today, a dancer’s dance cannot be enjoyed when a person is on the gallows for the death sentence and performs the last dance of his life.
    Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Iran confirms the first death sentence for a protester.
    CBS News, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The drug is by no means a cure, but progress occurs at the margin and some patients who had what amounted to a death sentence now have hope to live.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Autism also isn’t a death sentence—autistic kids just see the world in a different way.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 26 Apr. 2022

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