death rattle

Example Sentences

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Some have been coughing up phlegm and breathing in a way he described as a “death rattle.”

From Seattle Times

He displays “death rattle” breathing, and his body has occasional violent spasms.

From Scientific American

Our basement apartment had orange and yellow walls and a single window-mounted air-conditioner with a permanent death rattle.

From New York Times

He had perhaps first detected its death rattle when he suggested to a restaurateur the removal of the apostrophe in a sign advertising the sale of “coffee’s.”

From Washington Post

People from science fiction novelist Kim Stanley Robinson to Buddhist monk Jack Kornfield suggest ways to reshape technology, the economy, the environment, the food supply, government and community in hopes that people can eventually look back at 2020 as a reawakening and not a death rattle.

From Seattle Times