'dead' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'dead' with 20 example sentences.

dead adjective

: no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

: not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat

: very tired

: unerringly accurate

: physically inactive

: (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive

: devoid of physical sensation; numb

: lacking acoustic resonance

: not yielding a return

: not circulating or flowing

: not surviving in active use

: lacking resilience or bounce

: out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown

: no longer having force or relevance

: the complete stoppage of an action

: drained of electric charge; discharged

: devoid of activity

dead noun

: people who are no longer living

: a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense

dead adverb

: completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers

: quickly and without warning

dead end dead body drop dead dead tired dead man stone-dead the dead dead letter stop dead dead of night dead language dead ahead

I found a dead rat in the garage.

You can't kill someone that's already dead.

Is the snake alive or dead?

I don't want to speak ill of the dead.

In a few years, we'll all be dead.

The investigation has hit a dead end.

Everybody thinks I'm dead.

The living are more valuable than the dead.

Only fools and dead men never change their minds.

A woman whose husband is dead is called a widow.

If we stay here, we're as good as dead.

Latin is a dead language.

They're probably already dead.

This tree is dead and should be cut down.

He was found dead in his bed.

A letter was found next to the dead body.

It's true that she's dead.

Both his father and mother are dead.

The king is dead, long live the king!

One more step, and you'll be a dead man.

Words related to 'dead'

deceased die lifeless

Words near 'dead' in the dictionary

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