How to Use near-death experience in a Sentence

near-death experience

noun
  • But that near-death experience seems to have been a healthy thing.
    Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
  • While reporting in the field in Iraq in 2006, Woodruff had a near-death experience that changed the course of his life.
    Chloe Melas, CNN, 2 May 2023
  • Morris’s near-death experience had marked the end of his drug use.
    Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2023
  • According to the report, Rushdie is in the process of writing a book about the near-death experience.
    Adam Sabes, Fox News, 13 July 2023
  • Theo’s near-death experience doesn’t seem to phase him much.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
  • And the song was about a near-death experience, and the album actually dropped on the same day as Eight Mile.
    Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 6 June 2025
  • How does Tara’s near-death experience inform the rest of her arc this season?
    EW.com, 26 June 2025
  • Putin’s near-death experience amounts to a paradox for the United States and its allies.
    Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 27 June 2023
  • One part of the book details the near-death experience in 2019 in which Perry's colon burst because of his opioid use.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2023
  • That's no surprise after his near-death experience on the field about 13 months ago.
    Noah Trister, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2024
  • In one part, the character Moni has a near-death experience, and an evil likeness of Simea presents itself to Moana.
    Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Meanwhile, Archie continues to flop his way from one near-death experience to the next.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The altercation comes on the heels of Foxx opening up on his near-death experience last year.
    Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Opinion Is Trump’s near-death experience part of God’s plan?
    Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
  • Lee Miller’s big break began with a near-death experience.
    Kate Wheeling, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Pink explained that her near-death experience was a turning point for her.
    Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 23 Oct. 2023
  • What was the biggest takeaway from this near-death experience?
    Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Listen to Yang recount his near-death experience in the podcast above.
    Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2023
  • What’s still sticking with you about this near-death experience three months later?
    Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2024
  • When the minister was asked about this near-death experience, his response surprised and pleased me.
    Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2023
  • As a guy who'd had no previous health challenges, this near-death experience was a turning point for me.
    Adrian Ashford The Dallas Morning News (tns), arkansasonline.com, 1 Mar. 2025
  • The near-death experience activates her clairvoyant powers and kicks off the intrigue of the film.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The doctor operated on Foxx in what the actor says was a near-death experience.
    Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
  • That moment of self-reflection came after two major events last year: the loss of a friend and the near-death experience of another.
    Cat Cardenas, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2025
  • Or New Trump, transformed by his near-death experience?
    Susan Page, USA TODAY, 19 July 2024
  • His near-death experience is all very poetic, of course.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • What happened to Chris Lemons after his near-death experience?
    Keith Langston, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
  • This included a near-death experience in 2019 after his colon burst as a result of opioid use.
    Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2024
  • De Gelder’s decision to create a show recreating his maiming and near-death experience starts to feel less strange with a bit of knowledge on how he’s spent the past 16 years.
    Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2025
  • His near-death experience pushes him to re-evaluate his life.
    Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 11 Aug. 2025

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