death wish
Example Sentences
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Sprinting robots hurtled themselves full-speed into a wall like Forrest Gump with a death wish.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
If Evy is virtually alone in a house where strange noises are occurring at all hours, what would possess her to put on noise-canceling headphones, other than a death wish?
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026
The director has said that he interprets the death wish in the opera as part of the cycle of rebirth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
"You would have to have a death wish to go out now," one Iranian journalist reflected.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026
Perhaps going north would be the unexpected choice; no one went north in winter unless they had a death wish.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
