How to Use dead on arrival in a Sentence

dead on arrival

phrase

• All the while, a woman was brought in and was declared dead on arrival.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2024
• And given its tepid reviews, the film seemed dead on arrival.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2024
• Around 11 of them were dead on arrival, and three died within a year.
  — Ars Technica, 29 Nov. 2024
• Offending prospective customers is the best way to make your brand dead on arrival.
  — Salvador Ordorica, Forbes, 11 May 2021
• And there is a reason Platner’s message has not been dead on arrival.
  — Nicholas Jacobs, The Conversation, 13 Nov. 2025
• The bill is now, for all practical purposes, dead on arrival.
  — Yohanan Plesner, Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2023
• Two died in the hospital and four were dead on arrival, the two medical workers said.
  — Katharine Houreld, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2022
• The hard-right members of his party have already declared the measure dead on arrival.
  — Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
• Two, described only as a male and a female, were dead on arrival, Nordwick said.
  — Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 25 May 2022
• He was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead on arrival, police said.
  — Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2023
• This current version of the Heat finished seven wins under that mark … and were dead on arrival.
  — Shane Young, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
• So their initiatives coming from Biden will be dead on arrival in the Senate.
  — CBS News, 28 July 2024
• Taylor was also taken to the hospital, but he was pronounced dead on arrival, per Newsweek.
  — Charna Flam, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
• The Mitsubishi driver was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
  — Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2024
• However, after watching the trailer my first thought was that this is a game that is arriving five years too late and will be dead on arrival.
  — Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
• And even if passed, the McCarthy proposal is dead on arrival in the Senate.
  — Erik Wasson, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2023
• The 24-year-old was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival, police added.
  — Sammy Mncwabe, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
• But the group’s plan was dead on arrival on Venezuelan shores, where they were outgunned and quickly rounded up by the military.
  — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 31 July 2024
• Unlike in season four, when the hopes for rekindled romance lingered, the relationship is dead on arrival here.
  — Elizabeth Holmes, Town & Country, 8 Nov. 2022
• Despite knowing that this plan would be dead on arrival in the Senate, Johnson moved forward with it anyway.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 2 Nov. 2023
• Many of the proposals will be dead on arrival in the Senate, which Democrats currently control.
  — Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
• She was transported to U of L Hospital, where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
  — Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 5 Aug. 2022
• Seán Rooney, a member of the Irish battalion, was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.
  — Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2022
• No business can thrive without the profit of its consumers, but a business is dead on arrival when the company doesn’t even believe in itself.
  — Reina Kempt, The Courier-Journal, 6 Mar. 2022
• Their numbers meant any push to veto Moore’s reappointment would have been dead on arrival, lacking 10 votes to push forward.
  — David Zahniserstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2023
• Beebe was able to pull the unresponsive victim from underwater and out of the boat, they were pronounced dead on arrival to the hospital.
  — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 11 Oct. 2025
• Any bill the House passes is likely to be dead on arrival in the Senate, where Democrats hold the majority.
  — Joseph Morton, Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2023
• The unidentified man, who officials believe to be in his 20s or 30s, was pronounced dead on arrival.
  — Michelle Del Rey, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Oct. 2022
• That meant the proposal would have been dead on arrival in the Democrat-majority Senate.
  — Rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2024
• The phone is so good that any other Android phone within the price range of the Pixel A series is pretty much dead on arrival.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 12 Aug. 2022