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

There’s a death-defying scene up in the air that was being teased a lot in this press run.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2025

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

Standing a little apart from the choir, Ivy sang the dark sweetness that Pauline could not name; she sang the death-defying death that Pauline yearned for; she sang of the Stranger who knew .

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison