body count

Example Sentences

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Nearly all the interrogations end badly and bloodily; even by the standards of the classical detective story, Zhang Yimou and Chen Yu’s convoluted script boasts a hell of a body count.

From Los Angeles Times

Make no mistake, however, the star here is the quickly rising body count.

From New York Times

Despite the fires, floods and body count, “Whirlybird” plays like one big home movie.

From New York Times

As you’d expect and perhaps even want from a slasher movie where Time itself is wielding the sickle, the body count escalates fast.

From Los Angeles Times

The Colombian army was found to have killed thousands of mostly poor, young civilian men between 2002 and 2008 in a bid to elevate body counts of supposed guerrillas.

From Los Angeles Times