How to Use near-death experience in a Sentence

near-death experience

noun
  • But that near-death experience seems to have been a healthy thing.
    — Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Morris’s near-death experience had marked the end of his drug use.
    — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Pink explained that her near-death experience was a turning point for her.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Safely back home, all four took time off from chasing to process the near-death experience.
    — Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Riding my bike wasn’t a near-death experience.
    — Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2023
  • What’s still sticking with you about this near-death experience three months later?
    — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2024
  • What was the biggest takeaway from this near-death experience?
    — Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 12 Dec. 2023
  • How does Tara’s near-death experience inform the rest of her arc this season?
    — EW.com, 26 June 2025
  • That's no surprise after his near-death experience on the field about 13 months ago.
    — Noah Trister, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Not until a near-death experience restores her desire to live.
    — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2024
  • His near-death experience pushes him to re-evaluate his life.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • As a guy who'd had no previous health challenges, this near-death experience was a turning point for me.
    — Adrian Ashford The Dallas Morning News (tns), arkansasonline.com, 1 Mar. 2025
  • When the minister was asked about this near-death experience, his response surprised and pleased me.
    — Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Meanwhile, Archie continues to flop his way from one near-death experience to the next.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Listen to Yang recount his near-death experience in the podcast above.
    — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The trauma of my own near-death experience puts questions of death and survival into stark relief.
    — Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The altercation comes on the heels of Foxx opening up on his near-death experience last year.
    — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
  • According to the report, Rushdie is in the process of writing a book about the near-death experience.
    — Adam Sabes, Fox News, 13 July 2023
  • What happened to Chris Lemons after his near-death experience?
    — Keith Langston, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The science behind a near-death experience has to do with brain activity.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Putin’s near-death experience amounts to a paradox for the United States and its allies.
    — Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 27 June 2023
  • That led to a treacherous trek to Germany, which became a near-death experience.
    — Greg Riddle, Dallas Morning News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The near-death experience forces her to confront her sense of isolation out in the prairie, where life is defined by subsistence.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026
  • The near-death experience activates her clairvoyant powers and kicks off the intrigue of the film.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The doctor operated on Foxx in what the actor says was a near-death experience.
    — Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
  • And the song was about a near-death experience, and the album actually dropped on the same day as Eight Mile.
    — Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 6 June 2025
  • The show centers around Cohen’s near-death experience of suffering a stroke at age 30 caused by a hole in her heart.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Rossi is reeling from his near-death experience in the hands of Voit, who keeps popping up via hallucinations.
    — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 6 June 2024
  • The near-death experience prompted him to become a firefighter — a longtime childhood dream.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Jason Momoa is opening up about a scary near-death experience that inspired a major lifestyle change.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025

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