perish

Example Sentences

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They looked absolutely freezing, which was not a surprise as it was a perishing January night in Lancashire.

From BBC

Late Sunday, police also said that all of the 40 people who perished in the tragedy had been identified.

From Barron's

All told, 89 merchant vessels and more than 2,700 Allied seaman perished in the Arctic.

From The Wall Street Journal

Swiss police warned it could take days or even weeks to identify everyone who perished, leaving an agonising wait for family and friends.

From Barron's

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. put it simply in 1961, another era when it seemed America would split into pieces: “We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”

From Los Angeles Times