Examples of death trap in a Sentence
That old elevator is a death trap.
The factory was a death trap with too few exits for the workers to use in case of a fire.
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Given the proximity of so many homes to wildlands, and given the drought and hurricane-force winds, many of us are living in a sprawling death trap.
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Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
If being miles underground isn’t dangerous enough, the cave has a way of turning from a hostile environment into an outright death trap: sudden flooding.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
The destructive wildfire had stripped the slopes of the nearby Santa Monica Mountains and now rain could send a tremendous amount of sediment flowing into Topanga Lagoon, a death trap for fish.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
The loan would reset every 30 days, the principal growing each month alongside the compounding interest in a convoluted death trap of penalties, fees, and clawbacks.
—Josh Condon, Robb Report, 8 Dec. 2024
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Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
If being miles underground isn’t dangerous enough, the cave has a way of turning from a hostile environment into an outright death trap: sudden flooding.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
The destructive wildfire had stripped the slopes of the nearby Santa Monica Mountains and now rain could send a tremendous amount of sediment flowing into Topanga Lagoon, a death trap for fish.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
The loan would reset every 30 days, the principal growing each month alongside the compounding interest in a convoluted death trap of penalties, fees, and clawbacks.
—Josh Condon, Robb Report, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Death trap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20trap. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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