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Sentence count:279+83Posted:2016-10-07Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: deceaseddrearydullflatgoneinactivelifelessAntonym: alivelivingSimilar words: deadlydeadlinedealideadeathdealerdeal outdeal inMeaning: [ded]  n. 1. people who are no longer living 2. a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense. adj. 1. no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life 2. not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat 3. very tired 4. unerringly accurate 5. physically inactive 6. total 7. not endowed with life 8. (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive 9. devoid of physical sensation; numb 10. lacking acoustic resonance 11. not yielding a return 12. not circulating or flowing 13. out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown 14. not surviving in active use 15. lacking resilience or bounce 16. no longer in force or use; inactive 17. no longer having force or relevance 18. sudden and complete 19. drained of electric charge; discharged 20. lacking animation or excitement or activity 21. devoid of activity. adv. 1. quickly and without warning 2. completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers. 
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241. He wouldn't be caught dead going to a club with his mother.
242. She lay there inert; I thought she must be dead.
243. The Church regards spirit mediums and people claiming to speak to the dead as heretical.
244. A heavy debt lay on the family like a dead weight.
245. Hundreds of people are feared dead in the ferry disaster.
246. One dead child was found in the ruins almost two hours after the explosion.
247. We didn't know whether the fish was dead or alive.
248. The sight made him stop dead in his tracks .
249. I wouldn't be seen dead wearing a dress like that.
250. Close the door, please.The wind is blowing dead against me.
251. Police have refused to release the name of the dead man.
252. As many as 1 000 people were dead, entombed in collapsed buildings.
253. The dead soldiers were put on the plane in body bags.
254. The ceasefire treaty was a dead letter as soon as it was signed[http://sentencedict.com], as neither side ever had any intention of keeping to it.
255. If you take risks like that you'll wind up dead.
256. This treatment involves scrubbing off the top layer of dead skin.
257. There was dead silence but for a fly beating against the glass.
258. She got early promotion by stepping into dead men's shoes.
259. She clung to the hope that her son was not dead.
260. We need to free business from the dead hand of bureaucracy.
261. The ship sank and the crew were given up for dead.
262. The prospect of having to pay a graduate tax until retirement would kill the students' enthusiasm stone dead.
263. I don't know how Ann stands for her husband's behaviour; he comes home dead drunk nearly every night.
264. The man we thought dead walked bodily into the room.
265. She claims to be psychic and helps people to contact the dead.
266. She is said to have supernatural powers and to be able to communicate with the dead.
267. James had been dead a quarter of a century and the doctors had turned their coats several times since.
268. Jimmy never leaves a job unfinished. He continues to work even when he's dead on his feet.
269. At the mention of her dead husband, her face clouded over.
270. Put your money on Thorpe to win, he's a dead cert.
More similar words: deadlydeadlinedealideadeathdealerdeal outdeal indeal witha big deala good deala great dealput to deatha good deal ofheadreadleadthe death penaltypleadthreadhead forhead onsteadylead toreaderleaderhead upget readyahead ofgo ahead
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