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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So Far The trailer kicks off with Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne) being tasked with using her genius to escape from a classic death trap in an elevator.
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Michileen Martin, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
But not necessarily a death trap: Yelena, troubled ex-Captain America John Walker (Wyatt Russell), stealthy operative Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen) and skilled killer Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko) are all lured to a remote location to eliminate each other.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
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.
—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
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Michileen Martin, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
But not necessarily a death trap: Yelena, troubled ex-Captain America John Walker (Wyatt Russell), stealthy operative Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen) and skilled killer Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko) are all lured to a remote location to eliminate each other.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
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.
—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
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“Death trap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20trap. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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