DEAD in a Sentence
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377 example sentences for DEAD, such as:
1. Vultures circled over a dead animal.
2. He shuddered when he saw the dead animal.
3. Fanny must have had a beau and now he was dead.
4. But it was not of dead Charles she was thinking.
5. At the sight of the dead animal, Diana blenched.
2. He shuddered when he saw the dead animal.
3. Fanny must have had a beau and now he was dead.
4. But it was not of dead Charles she was thinking.
5. At the sight of the dead animal, Diana blenched.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of DEAD
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dead
a. devoid of activity
a. no longer having force or relevance
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 "Yes, and dead, poor thing," said Ellen.
2 Scarlett had wept with despair at the knowledge that she was pregnant and wished that she were dead.
3 And should a gentleman be so ill bred as to indicate an interest in her, she must freeze him with a dignified but well-chosen reference to her dead husband.
4 Now that Charles was dead, her place and her son's place were with his kindred.
5 Oh, it wasn't fair that she should have a dead husband and a baby yelling in the next room and be out of everything that was pleasant.
6 I'm not dead enough for you to pull down the shades--though I might as well be.
7 And I'd rather they'd both be dead than here at home-- Oh, darling, I'm sorry.
8 But it was not of dead Charles she was thinking.
9 I just couldn't believe my eyes, and poor Charlie hardly dead a year.
10 She wished she were dead, this very minute, then everyone would be sorry they had been so hateful.
11 "Oh," mumbled Pitty, helplessly, looking as if she wished she were dead.
12 The Confederacy had scored a smashing victory, at Fredericksburg and the Yankee dead and wounded were counted in the thousands.
13 If I didn't have such big feet I could get them off dead Yankees like the other boys, but I've never yet found a Yankee whose feet were near as big as mine.
14 Fanny must have had a beau and now he was dead.
15 And Boyd, dead the first year of the war, was buried God knew where in Virginia.
Example Sentence: (167 in 12 pages)
1 When the great fish flipped over on its back,we knew it was almost dead.
2 To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
3 He who has lost his good name is a dead man among the living.
4 Vultures circled over a dead animal.
5 At the sight of the dead animal, Diana blenched.
6 She blenched at the thought of picking up the dead animal.
7 He shuddered when he saw the dead animal.
8 The vultures were already circling around the dead animal.
9 In the most recent attack one man was shot dead and two others were wounded.
10 He had shot three people dead earning himself a reputation as a tough guy.
11 How people in a certain era bury their dead says much about the prevailing attitudes toward death.
12 They made their way to a graveyard to pay their traditional respects to the dead.
13 We must do something about that dead tree, it's only a matter of time before it falls down and maybe injures somebody.
14 There is a new trunk growing from the fallen dead tree.
15 The gardener has lopped all the dead branches from the tree.