How to Use undead in a Sentence

undead

adjective
  • The trouble is that, over the decades, the undead have been done to death.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 14 June 2019
  • In the realm of the mere mortal (and the undead), Snyder thrives.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 14 May 2021
  • As the undead fills one side, the students attempt to run out the back door.
    Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 5 Feb. 2022
  • These ways include body and face paint to ward off the undead.
    Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2018
  • What if The Breakfast Club had to face down an undead horde?
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 27 June 2022
  • Check out the best and worst cities for fighting against the undead below.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The duo team up with a motley crew of brave souls willing to use their skills to try and rid the world of the undead.
    Ew Staff, EW.com, 21 May 2021
  • He’s also not the only one who’s dealt with the undead.
    Rachel Paige, refinery29.com, 21 May 2021
  • Tell me about getting to play with your look there for the undead this week and these poor saps stuck on the sub.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 7 June 2021
  • The undead will invade the park’s bumper cars as well, which will be re-themed Crash Test Zombies for the event.
    Arthur Levine, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2021
  • The soldiers of the North (many of whom were drafted off the streets) were next, mowed down by the undead without putting up much of a fight.
    Ineye Komonibo, Marie Claire, 30 Apr. 2019
  • The devil, or the undead, or whatever, is in the details.
    Popular Mechanics, 31 Aug. 2018
  • Can the prophecy of the three heads of the dragon still come true if one of Daenerys's dragons is dead undead?
    Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Apr. 2019
  • Bella starts researching to find out more about the Cullens, and learns a whole lot about the undead around the world.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 16 July 2021
  • In fall 2015, there was an online fan frenzy over the fate of Glenn, who'd been last seen under a swarm of the undead.
    Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2021
  • The final season of The Walking Dead is, like a lot of the undead in the series, a bit of a slow-moving affair.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Who among us has a hankering for a latte with just a little hint of the undead?
    Rachel Sugar, Vox, 29 Oct. 2018
  • What’s more troubling than the undead is a rise in extremist groups.
    Richard Rys, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2021
  • Well, the top two shows on this list signal the opposite may be true for zombies – the undead should be fun.
    Amanda Ostuni, EW.com, 14 July 2022
  • The undead come in all ages, shapes, sizes, colors, sexes and genders.
    Robert Lloydtelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Many of the details that dictate which neutrophils go undead are still murky.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 17 June 2021
  • His character is an undead man with a Jheri curl in search of a woman who’ll keep him alive.
    Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2020
  • The undead have ruled Zombie Burger, with two locations in the Des Moines area, for 10 years.
    New York Times, 18 Oct. 2021
  • The undead, insomnia and David Bowie: the 1983 erotic horror film The Hunger truly had it all.
    Aly Semigran, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Caroline tells the kids after a bloody encounter with the undead.
    Sydney Scott, Essence, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Shirking death, Mara returns as an undead revenant, a Strigoi.
    Jamie Lang, Variety, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Keeping the growth of the undead in check will be vital to the long-term economic recovery.
    The Economist, 26 Sep. 2020
  • Negan can’t bring himself to put her out of her undead misery.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 5 Apr. 2021
  • She will be greatly missed, but her legacy will live on for as long as her undead heroes do.
    Mary Sollosi, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2021
  • The death of his mother at the hands of a vampire launches Abraham Lincoln on a 45-year quest to avenge her and eliminate the undead scourge from the world.
    Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2021

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