mortal

Example Sentences

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Carroll couldn’t quite believe they managed to keep Vance’s departure from this mortal coil under wraps.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Holding most ships back is a sense of mortal danger.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

You have to strain to see him, way up there, high above this mortal coil.

From Slate • Feb. 16, 2026

"Maybe, by the time I shuffle off this mortal coil, there might be a little more awareness… of the need to bring things back together again," he says.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

Compared to some of the Olympian love scandals he’d heard about, the West Wind falling in love with a mortal guy didn’t seem very shocking.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan