How to Use death sentence in a Sentence

death sentence

noun
  • She received a death sentence for the murders.
  • Heavy clay soil is a death sentence.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
  • But that first death sentence did not last.
    — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
  • That would have been a death sentence for vast parts of the planet.
    — Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
  • Rogers’ death sentence has been overturned by the courts three times.
    — oregonlive, 13 Mar. 2020
  • How do death sentence appeals work?
    — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 12 May 2026
  • Sending people back is like a death sentence to me.
    — Chelsea Jones, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Late court appeals argue that bias played a role in his death sentence.
    — Arkansas Online, 19 Nov. 2020
  • An encounter with the police should not equal a death sentence.
    — Stephanie Busari, CNN, 10 June 2020
  • Thus sealing his death sentence.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
  • But now, even one drop of Tigrayan blood in anyone is a death sentence.
    — Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2021
  • In the old days, an infection was a death sentence.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
  • For many abuse survivors, this is something of a death sentence all over again.
    — Fox News, 8 Apr. 2020
  • Going down 3-1 is not a death sentence.
    — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
  • Hitchcock is now facing his fourth death sentence.
    — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
  • It was said by many that all this would be a death sentence for the party’s fortunes that year.
    — Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Those in the tap-the-brakes camp are well aware that the beetle would be a death sentence for the ash trees.
    — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 29 Jan. 2021
  • Agnes and Daisy each work to free their friend from prison — and a likely death sentence.
    — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 27 May 2026
  • In a volatile job market, a layoff is no longer a career death sentence.
    — Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
  • Mental illness shouldn’t be a death sentence.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The verdict was affirmed on appeal, but the death sentence was tossed out.
    — Longreads, 2 May 2024
  • Losing Schwarber could be a death sentence for the team.
    — Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • For Mwangi, cancer no longer feels like a death sentence.
    — ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Torres has had two trials on the charges, with the first one ending in a death sentence.
    — Tracy Neal, Arkansas Online, 11 Feb. 2021
  • The results aren’t a death sentence for remote work, Baym said.
    — Emily Peck, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2021
  • His words became a death sentence, and my brain perceived them as a threat to my survival.
    — Abe Brown, Forbes, 24 June 2022
  • When the jury came back with its verdict for the death sentence, Hulsey clapped.
    — Lauren Castle, The Arizona Republic, 10 July 2020
  • The status of your mental health and the color of your skin should not equal the death sentence.
    — Deena Zaru, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • But for the Montiels, the stay-at-home order is its own sort of death sentence.
    — Eliza MacKintosh, CNN, 7 June 2020
  • Remaining in their homeland was akin to a death sentence.
    — Rich Schapiro, NBC news, 4 Dec. 2025

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