Examples of death-defying in a Sentence
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Satellites have recorded the death-defying jumps since 2009, but what happens next has remained a mystery until now.
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Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
Lou and Jim rose to prominence and success right as the nation took an interest in mountaineering as a death-defying sport for pros and a pastime for tourists and rich adventurers.
—Alex Traub, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
With stunning locations, death-defying stunts, and a twisty espionage plot, the film was a huge inspiration for early James Bond movies (From Russia With Love notably pays homage to Hitchcock’s movie with its incredible helicopter chase sequence).
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2024
Ably assisted by some friends — a maverick Scotland Yard detective and a female journalist determined to make a name for herself — Veronica and Stoker take death-defying risks in their quest to ensure the dead woman’s murderer is brought to justice.
—Karen MacPherson, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
The Fall Guy’s first trailer teased some of those death-defying stunts, as well as Hannah Waddingham as the movie-within-a-movie’s smarmy producer Winston Duke as its stunt coordinator, Aaron Taylor-Johnson as its cocky leading man (who mysteriously disappears), and Stephanie Hsu as his assistant.
—Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024
After three death-defying adventures defeating world-class villains with his unmatched courage and mad martial arts skills, Po, the Dragon Warrior (Black), is called upon by destiny to … give it a rest already.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2024
The star's powerful belt booms as her Elphaba makes a death-defying leap out a high-tower window, only to soar into the sky on her broomstick.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2024
The care John and Jane have for one another is real, expressed in gestures as small as a bowl of homemade soup or as grand as a death-defying rescue.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2024
Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
Lou and Jim rose to prominence and success right as the nation took an interest in mountaineering as a death-defying sport for pros and a pastime for tourists and rich adventurers.
—Alex Traub, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
With stunning locations, death-defying stunts, and a twisty espionage plot, the film was a huge inspiration for early James Bond movies (From Russia With Love notably pays homage to Hitchcock’s movie with its incredible helicopter chase sequence).
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2024
Ably assisted by some friends — a maverick Scotland Yard detective and a female journalist determined to make a name for herself — Veronica and Stoker take death-defying risks in their quest to ensure the dead woman’s murderer is brought to justice.
—Karen MacPherson, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
The Fall Guy’s first trailer teased some of those death-defying stunts, as well as Hannah Waddingham as the movie-within-a-movie’s smarmy producer Winston Duke as its stunt coordinator, Aaron Taylor-Johnson as its cocky leading man (who mysteriously disappears), and Stephanie Hsu as his assistant.
—Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024
After three death-defying adventures defeating world-class villains with his unmatched courage and mad martial arts skills, Po, the Dragon Warrior (Black), is called upon by destiny to … give it a rest already.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2024
The star's powerful belt booms as her Elphaba makes a death-defying leap out a high-tower window, only to soar into the sky on her broomstick.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2024
The care John and Jane have for one another is real, expressed in gestures as small as a bowl of homemade soup or as grand as a death-defying rescue.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2024
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“Death-defying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death-defying. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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