How to Use to death in a Sentence

to death

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  • Aegon even gets a good pouncing move on one of the soldiers, shanking him to death with a broken arrow.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Although Wilson has been sentenced to death, his execution is not imminent.
    — Jane Lacroix, PEOPLE, 7 May 2026
  • Authorities say Wilson met Melton at a Fort Myers bar and later strangled her to death in her home.
    — Jane Lacroix, PEOPLE, 7 May 2026
  • Following two weeks of testimony during the trial in 1998, the jury found Duncan guilty and sentenced him to death.
    — Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 29 June 2026
  • Feddon had accompanied Lukehart, who was sentenced to death for the 1996 killing of his girlfriend’s 5-month-old daughter, through the final month of his life.
    — Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 30 June 2026
  • Thomson ought to spend some time listening to death metal and gangsta rap, or reading the gory novels of Stephen King and Cormac McCarthy.
    — Michael O’Donnell, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
  • Like others sentenced to death, Wilson is confined under strict conditions, spending the majority of his time in his cell with limited movement and restricted contact with the outside world.
    — Jane Lacroix, PEOPLE, 7 May 2026
  • When Hanna was 8 years old and growing up in Tallahassee, a cousin who worked the overnight shift at a convenience store in North Carolina was beaten to death during a robbery.
    — Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 30 June 2026
  • More about Christa Pike's life in prison When Christa Pike was sentenced to death 30 years ago, Tennessee had to figure out where to house her as the only woman in the state with a death sentence.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • Jean-Paul Marat, an outspoken journalist and one of the political leaders of the French Revolution, was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday.
    — USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • Just 23 people were sentenced to death in the United States last year, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, compared with 307 in 1995.
    — Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 30 June 2026
  • Kitty Mia Diaz, 21; Amaya Cookie Diaz, 19; and Kyandra Renee Faz, 21, are accused of beating and stabbing Caroline Peña to death during a fight outside a Del Rio home.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 30 June 2026

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