How to Use kiss of death in a Sentence

kiss of death

noun phrase
  • That’s the kiss of death for your paper.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 4 Dec. 2025
  • The kiss of death, a spicy sushi roll from Nakato.
    — Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 28 Mar. 2026
  • In fact, anyone who knows pro sports knows that a dream team is the kiss of death.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 June 2026
  • Trump’s endorsement may now be the kiss of death.
    — Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Playing it safe against a team as dynamic as the Avalanche was the kiss of death.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 20 May 2026
  • This could be the kiss of death for a company marketing itself as a way for models to get paid directly by their fans.
    — Gustavo Turner, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2026
  • While being swept out of the castle, Arocho insisted to his fellow Faithfuls that Rinna gave him a kiss of death.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Inauthenticity is a kiss of death with today’s voters, and Vance’s future prospects appear to be dimming as Americans watch him shape-shift in real time.
    — Sarah Longwell, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
  • At the film's center is Ingrid Luna/Aurora/the Spider Woman, the arbiter of Molina's salvation and the bearer of the kiss of death.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025

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