death sentence
noun
1
: a sentence condemning a convicted defendant to death
2
: an affliction or a situation that is considered to be fatal
also
: a prognosis of death
Examples of death sentence in a Sentence
She received a death sentence for the murders.
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His first two convictions were overturned, but his final trial in 1986 resulted in a death sentence.
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Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
The district attorney’s office death penalty committee, which reviews capital murder cases that the office determines possibly merit seeking a death sentence, met on the Robinson and Russell case in recent months.
—Emerson Clarridge
updated November 13, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Nov. 2025
The second sentence was also overturned by the Supreme Court, but then the Mashhad Revolutionary Court issued a death sentence for the third time.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
That’s a death sentence for Minnesota without Edwards on the floor.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 28 Oct. 2025
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Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
The district attorney’s office death penalty committee, which reviews capital murder cases that the office determines possibly merit seeking a death sentence, met on the Robinson and Russell case in recent months.
—Emerson Clarridge
updated November 13, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Nov. 2025
The second sentence was also overturned by the Supreme Court, but then the Mashhad Revolutionary Court issued a death sentence for the third time.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
That’s a death sentence for Minnesota without Edwards on the floor.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 28 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for death sentence
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“Death sentence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20sentence. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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