How to Use crushed to death in a Sentence

crushed to death

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  • Nineteen were hanged, and one man was crushed to death by rocks.
    Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 1 Aug. 2022
  • As Scott began his set, some fans had already been crushed to death.
    Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2022
  • The world watched in horror as some among them were crushed to death in the crowds trying to flee.
    Kate Bartlett, NPR, 27 Nov. 2025
  • In those seconds, most people on the three bottom floors were crushed to death.
    Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2022
  • The lad on its back, dolled up as King William, had been crushed to death against the wall.
    Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The stampede that ensued left about 100 drowned or crushed to death.
    James Jeffrey, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2016
  • Man crushed to death by his own car in McDonald's drive-thru.
    Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2021
  • In 1978, Lynne’s father was crushed to death by his own milk truck.
    Kerry Howley, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2022
  • All were crushed to death, according to local police reports.
    Mark Green, New York Daily News, 25 May 2024
  • The 16-year-old died of asphyxia due to chest compression, meaning he was crushed to death.
    Keely Brown, The Enquirer, 20 May 2021
  • In 2015, several thousand pilgrims were crushed to death in a crowd surge.
    Samy Magdy, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2024
  • As chaos ensues, Miss Collins is crushed to death by a falling basketball backboard.
    Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
  • In 2010, three of her six children were crushed to death in their home in a downtown slum during the earthquake.
    New York Times, 13 July 2021
  • The second legend — the worst yet most enduring — is that she was crushed to death while performing an act of bestiality with a horse.
    Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 15 Jan. 2024
  • One man trying to steal a converter from a Prius in Anaheim was crushed to death when the jack holding up the car failed, police said.
    Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022
  • In the same year, a security guard was similarly crushed to death by an elephant at a mine in the country’s Limpopo province.
    Nimi Princewill, CNN, 10 July 2024
  • Hundreds were accused and 20 were killed — 19 were hanged, and one man was crushed to death by rocks, the AP reported.
    Nicole Pelletiere, Fox News, 27 May 2022
  • The outlet reported that several passengers were crushed to death as the upper portion collided with the rocky bed of the river.
    Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 9 May 2023
  • During a 2021 concert 10 fans were crushed to death as Scott continued to perform.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 July 2026
  • After a Tesla worker in Shanghai was crushed to death last year, a report citing safety gaps was taken offline.
    John Liu, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Up ahead, Denny spotted roadkill, stopped, got out and discovered a mother nutria and several of her offspring had been crushed to death.
    Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2023
  • In one case, a 17-year-old boy from Mexico was crushed to death while herding cows into an indoor corral on just his 10th day of work.
    Maryam Jameel, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Late Saturday night, a hundred and fifty-six celebrants were crushed to death, mostly in one popular Itaewon alley.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Almost six months after a 4-year-old Enfield child fell out of the bed of a truck and was crushed to death, police have arrested and charged the child’s mother and the driver of that truck.
    Zach Murdock, courant.com, 7 Dec. 2020
  • In related news, the group today marked the 24th anniversary of the tragedy that took place during their Roskilde Festival set, when nine fans were crushed to death in a crowd surge.
    Spin Staff, SPIN, 30 June 2024
  • Investigators had uncovered that the dogs were being grossly neglected and mistreated, with animals crowded and sometimes crushed to death in small cages, fed moldy food, and left to languish in their own waste.
    Sunaura Taylor, Vox, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Officials say people were crushed to death after a large crowd began pushing forward in a narrow alley near Hamilton Hotel, a major party spot in Seoul.
    Time, 29 Oct. 2022
  • On July 21st, a thirty-eight-year-old construction worker named Hector González was crushed to death by falling building materials.
    Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
  • In October, a popular tabby cat named Kit Kat known to pad around its Mission District neighborhood was crushed to death by a Waymo.
    Janie Har, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2025
  • The Kabul airport has remained a flashpoint for violence and chaos since the Taliban takeover, as the militants, patrolling the outside perimeter, have used force to control the crowds and some people have been crushed to death.
    NBC News, 23 Aug. 2021

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