die

Example Sentences

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The author’s title, for a notable instance, clips off the end of the full line “those who are about to die salute you”—an expression credited to gladiators but was seldom actually exclaimed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

It’s uncommon to die from flea-borne typhus, but it has occurred in Los Angeles County.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

"We can't just have her die for no reason. Something needs to happen from this."

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

For years, my body felt like a place where hope came to die.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

If the badger who’d left him to die had come through Deadwood, would Clare have been so forgiving?

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman