death wish
Example Sentences
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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
Carter found that such high-sensation seekers are unequivocal on one point: they do not have a death wish.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
An attack on him was a "death wish by the attacker" he said, and he thanked Congress for approving more money for the Secret Service.
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2024
In the Northwest, winter hiking can feel like an exercise in misery at best and a possible death wish at worst, but not in Arizona.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2024
If it is, they definitely haven’t read The Art of War, which points out that setting up camp in a ditch is a death wish.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
