reaper
Example Sentences
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He wasn’t a man to sit idly in death’s anteroom, awaiting the grim reaper.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
The paintings depict implausible scenarios: What if the grim reaper slipped on a banana on his way to kill you?
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2025
Kyogo Furuhashi doesn't need to don the cloak and scythe of the grim reaper when he fetches up at Ibrox on Sunday.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2024
Ms. Council is making jam with pineapples or cantaloupe instead of peaches, and customers will have to wait until next year for her peach reaper sauce, made with Georgia peaches and Carolina reaper peppers.
From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2023
He stood in the doorway, filling up the space like a broken-down grim reaper.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
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Human Geography - Middle School
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The Industrial Revolution - Introductory
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Human Geography - High School
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