How to Use die in a Sentence

die

1 of 2 verb
  • He's the last of a dying breed.
  • She claims she's not afraid to die.
  • He died a violent and painful death.
  • Her secret died with her.
  • People in the town began dying suddenly.
  • The man died from his wounds at the scene.
    Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Dor and Joseph died at the scene.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2025
  • She was struck in the head and died at the scene.
    Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • First, check to see if plants have died from the cold.
    Wayne Hobbs, Florida Times-Union, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Wood was shot twice in the head and left there to die.
    Richard Ramos, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Don’t let my brother die on me.
    Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Both died on the day of the shooting.
    Antonia Noori Farzan, The Providence Journal, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Richard had died the year before.
    Aubrey Violeta Gelpieryn, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • People die, yes, but so do pets.
    David Oliver, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Miller said a cat also died in the fire.
    Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 15 June 2026
  • The child died five days later.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • That victim died from his wounds.
    Jermont Terry, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
  • But that dream died along with her husband.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026
  • The playwright died late last year.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
  • Little is known about many of those who died.
    Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The name of the man who died has not yet been released.
    Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2025
  • The man who gave us the Nautilus has died.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 15 June 2026
  • Rekia Boyd, 22, was struck in the head and died.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2026
  • None of this means that tennis is a dying sport.
    Ethan Singer, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The two men who died were thrown from the vehicle.
    Harry Harris, Mercury News, 8 June 2026
  • He might be honored to die in battle.
    Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 22 June 2026
  • Oh, there was some life in the dying embers.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The martyr dies, and his rule has just begun.
    Amanda Castro mandy Taheri peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Our cannas have died back for the winter.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The father died and the son was injured.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2026

die

2 of 2 noun
  • Each player throws one die.
  • Those are the ride-or-die guys right now.
    Stephen Conroy, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Goodness knows, the wicked die alone.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The new trees dwindle as the weak die and the strong thrive.
    Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • When a beloved pet dies, the grief can be overwhelming.
    Kelsey Monstrola, USA Today, 4 June 2026
  • If the tag moves out of range or its battery dies, the updates stop.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • After all, love is nice, but laughing with your ride-or-die friends?
    Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The we-might-all-die-if-this-special-effect-goes-wrong stuff.
    Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
  • We’re told sisters are built-in best friends, a ride-or-die assigned at birth.
    Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Glamour, 2 Apr. 2026
  • People need to f---ing die and people are going to die.
    Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Dead alewife fish pile up on Lake Michigan shores in rare die-off.
    Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 23 June 2022
  • Each kit also comes with a smaller die cast replica.
    Scotty Reiss, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Extreme heat played a role in mass fish die-offs, when over a million were found dead in rivers.
    New York Times, 19 July 2022
  • This is not what real, honest-to-goodness, ride-or-die friends do.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 Mar. 2026
  • One in five get pneumonia and one in 100 die.
    Saul Pink, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The die hards will always check out the new music, but the proof is in the foot traffic.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Edith Keeler [Joan Collins] die — and then be fine next week.
    Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 July 2022
  • People need to f-cking die, and people are going to die.
    Chad De Guzman, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Collecting an artist’s every release was once the sign of a true die-hard.
    David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Every roll of a die has six equally likely outcomes.
    Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Most chips carve a wafer into hundreds of separate dies.
    Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
  • Should the sperm-toting female die before her brood is laid, the male’s efforts will all be for naught.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 20 July 2022
  • Some hunters worry whether the die-offs will impact duck- and goose-hunting seasons, which are now open.
    oregonlive, 23 Nov. 2022
  • The competition can only have one winner and those who lose die.
    Brahmjot Kaur, NBC News, 13 June 2022
  • One person rolled a die in private and then reported the outcome.
    Margarita Leib, Scientific American, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The competition can only have one winner, and those who lose die.
    Brahmjot Kaur, NBC News, 13 Sep. 2022
  • If your power or internet goes out your Ooma phone dies, but there are workarounds.
    Larry Magid, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
  • The other three die fiery deaths in Earth's atmosphere when their time in orbit is up.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Among those who make it to the hospital, one-third die while hospitalized.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
  • What makes this one challenging is that all of those answers have to begin with the letter rolled on the die.
    Corinne Sullivan, Woman's Day, 9 Nov. 2022

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