dead

Example Sentences

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"I felt I needed to speak out, otherwise I would have been dead inside," Siranudh, known locally as Psi, told AFP late last week.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

With cemeteries inaccessible during Sudan’s bloody civil war, residents of Khartoum resorted to burying their dead in just about any spare plot of land.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

Three Red Cross volunteers died in the Democratic Republic of Congo from suspected Ebola likely caught while managing dead bodies, the organisation has said.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Just saying it once feels like I’m beating a dead horse.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

A collar of bones encircled her short neck, some poor dead animal’s rib cage fanning up and around her head.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman