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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Aside from being something of a death trap, the Goblin idea also fell to an alternative approach of in-flight refueling for extending the range of escorting jet fighters – a much safer way of fulfilling the mission that didn't need to take up bomb bay space needed for munitions.
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New Atlas, 8 Jan. 2026
People who live and work in the Overbrook area say the stretch of Lancaster Avenue between 50th and 60th streets can be a death trap.
—Liz Crawford, CBS News, 26 Dec. 2025
In what appeared like record time, Bangladesh had rehabilitated its reputation from a death trap for workers to one of the safest countries for them to ply their trade.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 15 Dec. 2025
At second place — with 57 deaths — is Fair Havens Center in Miami Springs, which became a death trap in the first few months of lockdown.
—Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
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New Atlas, 8 Jan. 2026
People who live and work in the Overbrook area say the stretch of Lancaster Avenue between 50th and 60th streets can be a death trap.
—Liz Crawford, CBS News, 26 Dec. 2025
In what appeared like record time, Bangladesh had rehabilitated its reputation from a death trap for workers to one of the safest countries for them to ply their trade.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 15 Dec. 2025
At second place — with 57 deaths — is Fair Havens Center in Miami Springs, which became a death trap in the first few months of lockdown.
—Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Death trap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20trap. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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