Examples of deathbed in a Sentence
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Owners held onto hope for months that, like Horace’s deathbed cry, the Matchless would make millions again.
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Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 5 Apr. 2024
Young men got up from their deathbed, newly strong and hale.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2024
In this passage from Endgame — out Nov. 28 and exclusively excerpted in this week’s PEOPLE — author Omid Scobie offers an intimate look at Harry’s journey to the Queen’s deathbed last year.
—Michelle Tauber, Peoplemag, 15 Nov. 2023
Continue reading … 'HE'S GUILTY' – Famed trial witness Kato Kaelin wonders if OJ Simpson ‘made peace with God’ on deathbed.
—Fox News, 12 Apr. 2024
Fast forward 50 years and a much older Springsteen is visiting Theiss on his deathbed as his former bandmate is dying of cancer.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 20 Mar. 2024
Also early on in the series, Cohen is seen on his deathbed a few months later.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024
Cosimo, the founder of the family’s public ambitions, had sponsored the translation of Plato’s writings and had excerpts read aloud to him on his deathbed.
—Claudia Roth Pierpont, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
If Sports Illustrated, the once-great magazine that defined high-quality sportswriting, isn’t on its deathbed, it’s at least been moved to hospice care.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 28 Jan. 2024
Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 5 Apr. 2024
Young men got up from their deathbed, newly strong and hale.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2024
In this passage from Endgame — out Nov. 28 and exclusively excerpted in this week’s PEOPLE — author Omid Scobie offers an intimate look at Harry’s journey to the Queen’s deathbed last year.
—Michelle Tauber, Peoplemag, 15 Nov. 2023
Continue reading … 'HE'S GUILTY' – Famed trial witness Kato Kaelin wonders if OJ Simpson ‘made peace with God’ on deathbed.
—Fox News, 12 Apr. 2024
Fast forward 50 years and a much older Springsteen is visiting Theiss on his deathbed as his former bandmate is dying of cancer.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 20 Mar. 2024
Also early on in the series, Cohen is seen on his deathbed a few months later.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024
Cosimo, the founder of the family’s public ambitions, had sponsored the translation of Plato’s writings and had excerpts read aloud to him on his deathbed.
—Claudia Roth Pierpont, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
If Sports Illustrated, the once-great magazine that defined high-quality sportswriting, isn’t on its deathbed, it’s at least been moved to hospice care.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 28 Jan. 2024
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“Deathbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deathbed. Accessed 5 May. 2024.
Copy CitationKids Definition
deathbed
noun
death·bed
-ˌbed 
1
: the bed in which a person dies
2
: the last hours of life
Medical Definition
deathbed
noun
death·bed
ˈdeth-ˌbed
1
: the bed in which a person dies
2
: the last hours of life
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