dying

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

We have children dying of malaria and diarrhea.’

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

Children were dying, and as the father of two young girls, I couldn’t comprehend why he would turn away from science.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

Seven-time Olympic champion Simone Biles has revealed she suffered a health scare, describing the experience as "almost dying".

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Castro remained controversial and defiant to the very end, dying in Havana in 2016, at the age of ninety.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin