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This scene takes viewers back to the beginning, when his father is on his deathbed, and Ted shows no mercy.—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 19 May 2025 Jasmine Guy plays Norma, a family matriarch on her deathbed, and Amber (Erivo) is an aspiring artist who has dedicated the last few years of her life to caring for her sick mother.—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 8 May 2025 English writer and women’s rights activist Mary Wollstonecraft was so obsessed with her best friend that after her friend died, Wollstonecraft wore a mourning ring made of her friend’s hair until her own deathbed.—Laura Mills, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025 Maybe in the last episode of the series or on her deathbed.—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for deathbed
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of deathbed was
before the 12th century
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