death-defying
Example Sentences
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It’s a trust-fall exercise ramped up to a death-defying degree.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
To do it, he’ll risk his life performing death-defying stunts just so their spectacle and authenticity can be part of the draw that gets butts in movie theater seats.
From Salon • May 24, 2025
England do not need a humble Stokes in Australia, they need the alpha at his death-defying best.
From BBC • May 23, 2025
In 2021, it was sold again, to a corporation that counts the famed aerialist Nik Wallenda as a minority owner, and became a bit more death-defying.
From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2023
The last six steps I took in one death-defying bound.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
