How to Use die in a Sentence

die

1 of 2 verb
Definition of dienext
Synonyms for dienext
  • He's the last of a dying breed.
  • She claims she's not afraid to die.
  • He died a violent and painful death.
  • Her secret died with her.
  • People in the town began dying suddenly.
  • He died in 1892 at the age of 37.
  • The shooting on Langston was the second of the weekend in which a teenager died.
    — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 19 June 2023
  • To trap the scent, Millán, who died in 2020, shoved the chilaquiles inside a roll.
    — Jorge Valencia Mariano Fernandez, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • But all of that died with him on a beach in Puerto Rico.
    — Sofia Andrade, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
  • Smith died at the age of 29, just a few months after the death of her son Daniel and the birth of her daughter, Dannielynn Birkhead.
    — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 17 May 2023
  • Overall, 134 people die from firearms in the U.S. every day.
    — Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 20 June 2023
  • It was bottled at 94 proof as a nod to Buck O’Neil, a Monarchs player who died at age 94.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2024
  • At least one man died after an armed standoff with agents.
    — Will Carless, USA TODAY, 9 June 2023
  • In our bodies cells are dying all the time and being replaced.
    — Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Most people die within three to five years of their first symptoms.
    — CBS News, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Of those killed, several died while working — 10 in Gaza, one in Israel and one in Lebanon.
    — NBC News, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The man had waited at the scene, expecting to be questioned, on the night Jefferson died.
    — Melissa Sanchez and Maryam Jameel, Journal Sentinel, 9 June 2023
  • If ocean temperatures remain too high for too long, the coral can starve and die.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The death also comes one day after a student died by suicide on the UGA campus.
    — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Shoot some ewes, the biologists said, to keep even more from dying.
    — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Fear sets in that if a cold front brings really frigid weather, your plants are going to die.
    — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Ishida died at age 31 after being struck by a train in a Tokyo suburb.
    — M.h. Miller, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Officials say Banks was shot and died from her injuries.
    — Stepheny Price, Fox News, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Others have died young, leaving us with remnants of glory and a longing for what could have been.
    — Brooklyn White, Essence, 20 June 2023
  • Our climate is in crisis & workers in every state are dying from the heat.
    — Maxine Joselow, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
  • But the legendary producer and writer, who died Tuesday at 101, didn’t just give at the office.
    — Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Yola spoke with Variety about Turner, who died May 24 at age 83.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 27 May 2023
  • But the goal of selling capitalism as a moral virtue never died.
    — Nina Burleigh, The New Republic, 16 May 2023
  • Carroll died from leukemia Jan. 24 at her home with her family.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Three newborns died at the hospital over the weekend, according to the Health Ministry.
    — NBC News, 14 Nov. 2023
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die

2 of 2 noun
  • Each player throws one die.
  • The toy transforms from a D20 die into one of the monsters from the movie.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Yet there was one more fateful roll of the many-sided die.
    — Elizabeth Hand, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Edith Keeler [Joan Collins] die — and then be fine next week.
    — Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 July 2022
  • Blooms from Puget Sound to Tampa, Fla., have caused large fish die-offs.
    — Sasha Warren, Scientific American, 27 July 2022
  • Adding it all up, the 2021 season was pretty much do-or-die.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2022
  • Dead alewife fish pile up on Lake Michigan shores in rare die-off.
    — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 23 June 2022
  • From 2012 until last year, the two wild card teams in each league squared off in a single do-or-die game.
    — David Faris, The Week, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Extreme heat played a role in mass fish die-offs, when over a million were found dead in rivers.
    — New York Times, 19 July 2022
  • The Thunder Birds managed a 11-4 rally in the fourth quarter, yet the die was already cast.
    — Indy Star Ai Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The Tigers managed an 8-6 rally in the final quarter, yet the die was already cast.
    — Indy Star Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Feb. 2023
  • The Beavers likely will start right-hander Jacob Kmatz in tonight’s do-or-die Game 3.
    — oregonlive, 13 June 2022
  • And yet, every year more than 400 people in the U.S. die and tens of thousands more are sickened.
    — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Multnomah County saw upwards of 100 die due to the heat.
    — oregonlive, 27 June 2022
  • Collecting an artist’s every release was once the sign of a true die-hard.
    — David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2022
  • And for the Samsung die-hards, these new Anker chargers look a lot like what should still come included in the box of new phones.
    — Umar Shakir, The Verge, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Should the sperm-toting female die before her brood is laid, the male’s efforts will all be for naught.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 20 July 2022
  • What makes this one challenging is that all of those answers have to begin with the letter rolled on the die.
    — Corinne Sullivan, Woman's Day, 9 Nov. 2022
  • The Musketeers managed a 19-16 rally in the fourth quarter, yet the die was already cast.
    — Indy Star Ai Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Jan. 2023
  • The woman Mizu saw die wasn’t her mother, but instead a maid paid to keep Mizu hidden.
    — Valerie Wu, Variety, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The start of the fish die-off could date back even further – as the harmful algae bloom has been spreading since late July.
    — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Some hunters worry whether the die-offs will impact duck- and goose-hunting seasons, which are now open.
    — oregonlive, 23 Nov. 2022
  • The Warriors managed an 18-17 rally in the final quarter, yet the die was already cast.
    — Indy Star Ai Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Not all agree that the die-offs were worse than can be expected in the wild; after all, nature can be brutal.
    — Victoria Turk, Wired, 19 July 2022
  • Dice have functioned the same way for thousands of years: Roll a die and receive a random result.
    — WIRED, 21 Aug. 2022
  • There’s an element of chance: The roll of the die can determine if a blow is strong enough to take down a monster or whether a stranger will help you.
    — Keri Blakinger, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Until the Colts were in do-or-die mode late, Indianapolis got precious little out of the rest of its weapons.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The mass die-off caused immediate concern in the media but also in the public.
    — Andrew Robinson, Scientific American, 21 July 2022
  • One person rolled a die in private and then reported the outcome.
    — Margarita Leib, Scientific American, 29 Apr. 2022
  • As insurance, Medill filled the galleries with Lincoln die-hards.
    — Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2022

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