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

England do not need a humble Stokes in Australia, they need the alpha at his death-defying best.

From BBC • May 23, 2025

How can we balance a desire to see movies judiciously with that little voice in our head that repeats, “Watch Tom Cruise do death-defying stunts” on a loop for six straight weeks every other summer?

From Salon • Jan. 3, 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

“Or perhaps I failed to capture the death-defying drama of it all? I hope my muse hasn’t left me again.”

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood