How to Use die of in a Sentence

die of

phrasal verb

• Anyone who does not die in the raids will die of hunger and thirst.
  — Omar Shaban, The New Republic, 14 Oct. 2023
• Then, in 1935, at the age of fifty-three, Baruch Israel died of a heart attack.
  — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
• When White was 10, her brother's friend, who was 27, died of leukemia.
  — Abe Streep, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
• The topic hits close to home for Richards, whose mom died of breast cancer in 2002.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 23 Aug. 2023
• Matthews died of her injuries at the scene, which the report says was in or near the roadway.
  — Grant Lancaster, arkansasonline.com, 26 June 2024
• No one has died of measles in the last four years, according to the CDC report.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 11 Apr. 2024
• Of the deaths, three were people under the age of 40 who died of a heart condition.
  — Nichole Manna, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 May 2024
• At least 524 people in Africa have died of mpox this year, according to the WHO.
  — Samantha Riedel, Them, 15 Aug. 2024
• The artist died of acute subdural hematoma, a form of brain bleeding, the statement said.
  — Mai Nishiyama, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
• At least 199 people died of dengue fever during that time.
  — Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 28 Mar. 2024
• The next month, an 11-year-old White boy died of a lung condition at Children’s.
  — Claire Healy, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
• The boy was the second to die of gunshot wounds in Indianapolis in less than a month.
  — Cindi Andrews, The Indianapolis Star, 14 May 2023
• The pedestrian, meanwhile, died of his injuries at the scene.
  — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2024
• Black men in the U.S. are twice as likely to die of prostate cancer as their white counterparts.
  — Lipi Roy, Md, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
• Randolph was in hospice care at the time of her death and died of natural causes, her son, Randy, told TMZ.
  — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 14 Jan. 2024
• But after Jay died of cancer, Streck began to explore a new call: The priesthood.
  — Lisa Ling, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2024
• Only Rose used the makeshift raft, with Jack dying of hypothermia.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 12 Feb. 2024
• Outside the day care in New York City's Bronx neighborhood where a 1-year-old boy died of a fentanyl overdose.
  — Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2023
• Thurman was taken to an area hospital but died of his wounds.
  — Grant Lancaster, arkansasonline.com, 3 Dec. 2023
• Those fish died of gas bubble disease, which happens when the pressure changes while passing through a tunnel at the base of a dam.
  — Kris Millgate, Field & Stream, 5 Apr. 2024
• Megan’s mother, Sandra, died of the coronavirus three years ago.
  — Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2024
• One of the people aboard the bus died of an apparent gunshot wound, Schierbaum disclosed.
  — CBS News, 11 June 2024
• Edwin Stanton suffered from asthma and would soon die of it.
  — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
• Both her parents died of lung disease from the mines, a common occurrence.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2024
• Most compelling is the case of Amy Robsart, the wife of the Earl of Leicester who mysteriously died of a broken neck.
  — Bree Sposato, Travel + Leisure, 28 Apr. 2023
• My grandfather almost died of a black widow bite many years ago.
  — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 3 May 2023
• There was the filmmaker who chose his profession as his military call sign and died of a shrapnel wound to the head.
  — Serhiy Morgunov, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2023
• Charles Harrelson died of a heart attack in a federal prison in 2007.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2023
• As her assistant tries to console her, Mowry shares that her grandmother died of cancer five years ago and her aunt died of cancer one year ago.
  — Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
• The victim, identified as Felicia Hudson, 54, died of her injuries on Wednesday, police said.
  — Karla Rendon, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024