Examples of living death in a Sentence
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Some people think comas are easy to recover from or—conversely—a living death.
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Brian L. Edlow, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2022
The stillness of the soldiers and the presence of their weapons created an aura of medieval protection and a sense of living death.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2022
Joan is here to argue that such treatment is a living death.
—Chelsea Bieker, WSJ, 13 May 2022
Her fate is a living death shut up in a cave, not far from what Winston and John already suffer.
—Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2021
Brian L. Edlow, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2022
The stillness of the soldiers and the presence of their weapons created an aura of medieval protection and a sense of living death.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2022
Joan is here to argue that such treatment is a living death.
—Chelsea Bieker, WSJ, 13 May 2022
Her fate is a living death shut up in a cave, not far from what Winston and John already suffer.
—Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1530, in the meaning defined above
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“Living death.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/living%20death. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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