to death

phrase

Synonyms of to deathnext
: beyond endurance : excessively
bored to death
scared to death of spiders
I am sick to death of hearing your excuses.
Most high rollers prefer Atlantic City and Las Vegas, where they are comped to death and have more diversions.William G. Flanagan et al.

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Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) Communications via AP Hines stabbed Jenkins to death while the 54-year-old was working as a motel maid in Kingston Springs. CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026 He was sentenced to death in 1986, won an appeal for a new sentencing hearing and was again sentenced to death in 1989. ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026 Oklahoma executed Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez for the 2003 murder of his wife, and Tennessee put Anthony Hines to death for the 1985 murder of a mother of four. Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026 If Tennessee and Alabama proceed Thursday, six states will have put prisoners to death in 2026. Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for to death

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“To death.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20death. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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