How do you use the word "death" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "death" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "death": The whole neighborhood mourned his death. Because of the famine, the cattle starved to death.

Death Meaning

/ˈdɛθ/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.

nounThe cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state., Execution (in the judicial sense).

Sentence Examples

The whole neighborhood mourned his death.

Because of the famine, the cattle starved to death.

The anniversary of his wife’s death

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

expiry decease

Antonyms:

birth

CEFR Practice Quiz

The ____ of the forest fire was finally contained by firefighters.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The whole neighborhood mourned his ____.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English deth, deeth, from Old English dēaþ, from Proto-West Germanic *dauþu, from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰówtus. More at die. Cognates Cognate with Scots daeth, daith, death, deeth, deith (“death”), North Frisian Duar, duas, düüs (“death”), Saterland Frisian Dood (“death”), West Frisian dea (“death”), Dutch dood (“death”), German Tod, Todt (“death”), Limburgish doead (“death”), Luxembourgish Doud (“death”), Yiddish טויט (toyt, “death”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål død (“death”), Faroese deyði (“death”), Icelandic dauði (“death”), Norwegian Nynorsk daude, død (“death”), Swedish död (“death”), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌿𐍃 (dauþus, “death”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"But foraſmuch as this [the faintneſs of the Heart] is a very bad and heavy diſtemper, and a fore-runner of death, therefore 'tis called a timely death." — 1680, T. K., The Kitchin-Phyſician; Or, a Guide for Good-Housewives in Maintaining Their Families in Health. […] , To cure the faintneſs of the Heart, page 71:

"Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly." — 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:

""‘Death,’" quoted Warwick, with whose mood the undertaker's remarks were in tune, "‘is the penalty that all must pay for the crime of living.’"" — 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars:

"Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, […]" — 2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance”, in American Scientist:

"Thirty years after Gao Chengyong embarked on a succession of 11 rape-murders of women in northwest China, a court sentenced him to death on Friday, following an investigation that involved sifting through 230,000 fingerprints." — 2018 March 30, Chris Buckley, “‘Vicious’ Killer of 11 Women Gets Death Penalty in China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2018, Asia Pacific:

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