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How to use deathbed in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Deathbed means the bed on which someone dies. Example: “They converted her to Roman Catholicism on her deathbed.”

Examples of deathbed by meaning

nounA grave; the site of a burial or entombment.

  • Let my deathbed rise high above Hronesnesse.”1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 47

More sentences with deathbed

  • They converted her to Roman Catholicism on her deathbed.From the entry convert
  • "Gamboling, sashaying, waving the parchment — bathed in the ever-blondening halo of our father's sweet deathbed blessing."2009, Jonathan Goldstein, Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bible!, page 103. From the entry blonden
  • On his deathbed he had called the young Captain to his side.2007, Jeremy Phillips, The Wizardon Star, page 165. From the entry pixie
  • Moore, when he talked about thought with due attention to what fascinated Heisenberg on his deathbed: turbulence.2007, Clive James, Cultural Amnesia, Picador, page 805. From the entry pay dirt
  • Dole knew that the Democrats would mock him for a deathbed conversion.1996 November 17, “Whatever”, in Newsweek, retrieved 28 May 2015. From the entry deathbed conversion
  • "A deathbed conversion" was how Representative John LaFalce of New York State described the House Republicans' change of heart.2002 July 16, Richard A. Oppel Jr., David E. Sanger, “House Passes Bill to Combat Corporate and Securities Fraud”, in New York Times…. From the entry deathbed conversion
  • I am hearing that on his deathbed Ali Khamenei received the light of Zoroastrianism and unhesitatingly recited the entirety of the Ohrmazd Yasht.2026 February 28, @BovrilG, X. From the entry House of Song
  • On his deathbed he said, “Alas!2001, Rose Williams, Duces Romanorum: Profiles in Roman Courage, teacher’s edition, London: WPC Classics, →ISBN, page 94. From the entry Julius
  • The limit of death that is so fascinatedly and prettily witnessed in the sentimental deathbed scene is here pried open and distended.1995, Shawn Rosenheim, Stephen Rachman, The American Face of Edgar Allan Poe, page 116. From the entry fascinatedly
  • On his deathbed he sent for his younger half-brother, Frederic Henry, the prince who would undoubtedly succeed him in the stadholderate of five provinces and the command of the army.2005 [1938], C. V. Wedgwood, The Thirty Years War, NYRB, page 194. From the entry stadtholderate

Meaning of deathbed

  1. noun The bed on which someone dies.
  2. noun The last hours before death.
  3. noun A grave; the site of a burial or entombment.

Full definition of deathbed

Questions about deathbed in a sentence

How do you use deathbed in a sentence?
Deathbed is used as a noun. For example: “They converted her to Roman Catholicism on her deathbed.”
What is a short sentence with deathbed?
“On his deathbed he said, “Alas!”
What does deathbed mean?
Deathbed means the bed on which someone dies.

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