demise

Example Sentences

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Sora’s demise points to more than the collapse of a big-media financial deal.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

In his journalism, Mr. Self has written widely on the demise of the serious novel, and in his fiction he makes no concessions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Amid the white-out winters of New York, a man whose bones had never known the bite of cold found not a sanctuary but demise.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2026

"The back nine was not good, but that's the way it goes sometimes," was Aberg's philosophical take on his demise.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

Yet the thought of this eventual demise provides no sense of victory, no solace.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri