How to Use death row in a Sentence

death row

noun
  • Pike, 49, has spent most of her life on death row.
    — Evan Mealins, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The death row inmate is not the victim.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Clemency grants are rare in death row cases.
    — CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Miller has been returned to his cell on death row, Hamm said.
    — Tina Burnside and Dakin Andone, CNN, 23 Sep. 2022
  • There are dozens of traffickers on death row.
    — CBS News, 9 June 2026
  • He had been held there on death row for nearly 10 years.
    — Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Hood blamed the conditions on death row for the deaths.
    — James Powel, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Williams was just 17 when he was sent to death row for murder.
    — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Even the worst murderers on death row.
    — Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Adults on death row in Texas get at least an hour a week outdoors.
    — Josephine Peterson, Dallas News, 29 June 2023
  • For years, the two men lived alongside each other on death row.
    — Abigail Brooks, NBC news, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Flowers has spent 23 years in prison, many of them on death row.
    — Tim O'Donnell, TheWeek, 5 Sep. 2020
  • Jones left death row the following month.
    — Haley Bemiller, Cincinnati Enquirer, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Saeed Sheikh has been in prison for 18 years, all spent on death row.
    — Washington Post, 29 June 2020
  • Yarris was sentenced to death and remained on death row for over two decades.
    — Katie Mather, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026
  • The now 49-year-old has spent nearly two decades on death row for the crime.
    — CBS News, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Wood had been on death row for a 2002 murder.
    — Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Potts said Williams' case marked the first time it was used for someone on death row.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Sheikh has been on death row since his conviction in Pearl's death.
    — Kathy Gannon, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2021
  • Hunter, now 54, spent more than 15 years on Ohio’s death row.
    — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 15 June 2023
  • On death row, Thibodeaux was locked in his cell for 23 hours a day.
    — Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2021
  • As of the end of last year, at least 94 people remained on death row.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2021
  • Lucio was found guilty, and she's been on Texas' death row ever since.
    — Dakin Andone, CNN, 20 Apr. 2022
  • That’s also where men on death row are housed, though in a separate tier.
    — Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 15 Aug. 2025
  • None have taken place since, but 25 inmates are on the state's death row.
    — Worth Sparkman, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Who’s left on Florida’s death row?
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 29 Dec. 2025
  • James Broadnax has been on death row since 2009.
    — Steve Pickett, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The actions took 167 people off death row.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Hall was one of nine prisoners on Idaho’s death row.
    — Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 10 Feb. 2026
  • McLaughlin transitioned in the past few years while on death row.
    — Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2023

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