dying for
Example Sentences
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“I’m not, for lack of a better way of saying it, dying for it to happen, but I’d just like to find some way to communicate to everyone on either side that everything’s fine.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
I’ve met so many artists who were just dying for the opportunity.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
Max is his final sacrifice, dying for more than a minute before El revives her.
From Salon • Nov. 24, 2025
In it, he declared that the men who fought and died "knew – beyond any doubt – that there are things worth fighting and dying for".
From BBC • May 7, 2025
He never saw how Adah chose her own exile; how Rachel was dying for the normal life of slumber parties and record albums she was missing.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
