more dead than alive

phrase

: very close to death

When we found her, she was more dead than alive.

Examples of more dead than alive in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Unwrapped from goopy bandages covered in Hieratic script dating back centuries, Katie (played at 16 with diabolical weirdness by Natalie Grace) looks more dead than alive. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026

There’s an ongoing jazz renaissance in Los Angeles, one loosely rooted in the genre’s prematurely and cyclically proclaimed death — the same way the city’s celebrities tend to become franchises in the afterlife, worth more dead than alive. — Celina Pereira, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026

As soon as the 2060s, there may be more dead than alive users on Facebook. — Carl Öhman, TIME, 31 July 2024

With wit and vigor, Dead Outlaw investigates a country obsessed with liberty and heroism, where the free market smiles darkly over it all, hinting that most of us are probably worth more dead than alive. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024

Rhymes for more dead than alive

• archive
• arrive
• beehive
• connive
• contrive
• deprive
• derive
• khedive
• revive
• survive
• dive
• drive