How to Use to death in a Sentence
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So slow, in fact, that you might be tempted to beat the monsters to death rather than sneak and wait.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
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The jury voted 7-5 to sentence him to death and a judge agreed.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 29 July 2026
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Just last week, Jonathan Sanon was beaten to death on the Common.
—Tammy Mutasa, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
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Carlos Dominguez stabbed two people to death in Davis and nearly killed a third.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 27 July 2026
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Lucas has been re-sentenced to death altogether four times over the decades.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
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Their son, Nick Reiner, has been charged with stabbing his parents to death.
—Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026
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Ramey was also convicted in the shootings and sentenced to death.
—ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
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Hines stole $100 in cash from her, stabbed her to death and then fled in her car, according to court records.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026
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Simply to give us the gruesome scene of the kid convulsing to death while leaking blood from his eyes, nose, and mouth.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026
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One gunman was wounded and arrested, while the other was shot to death by police.
—John Blake, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
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Aegon even gets a good pouncing move on one of the soldiers, shanking him to death with a broken arrow.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
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Keith, who was found outside the home, had been shot to death, while the other three had also been stabbed prior to the fire.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
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At 26, he had been convicted of murder and sentenced to death in the electric chair.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
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She is convicted of murder and sentenced to death by lethal injection.
—Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026
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Clancy jumped out of a window after strangling the children to death and was paralyzed in the fall.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026
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Clancy jumped out a window after strangling the children to death and was paralyzed in the fall.
—Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026
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Salazar, 19, was found strangled to death in her apartment near campus on Thursday.
—Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
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The two men were among 14 who were sentenced to death in the same case linked to the demonstrations earlier this year.
—Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
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Two Assad loyalists were also sentenced — one to death and the other to life in prison.
—ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
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Two Assad loyalists were also sentenced -- one to death and the other to life in prison.
—Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
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The 74-year-old had been convicted of stabbing his wife to death in 1992.
—Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 16 July 2026
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Beasley was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1998.
—CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
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Johan Sebastián, before he was shot to death, had been accused of committing no crime.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 16 July 2026
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Both Norman and Ramey were convicted of the murders and sentenced to death.
—Swasti Singhai, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026
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In the months since, Iranian courts have sentenced dozens of citizens to death for taking part in the protests.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
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This would be the fifth execution in Texas, while Georgia has yet to put anyone to death this year.
—ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
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Hines stole $100 in cash from Jenkins, stabbed her to death and then fled in her car, according to court records.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026
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She would soon be bludgeoned to death by fellow soldier, Aaron David Robinson.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026
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He was convicted and sentenced to death after a trial in which the defense called no witnesses.
—CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
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Yang was the latest official sentenced to death over corruption in recent years.
—ABC News, 6 July 2026
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