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My grandmother understood the weight of this privilege and, on her deathbed, completed an absentee ballot in New York State.
—Earl Carr, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
The exhibition covers Kahlo’s entire lifetime, beginning with a photograph of her as a 4-year-old girl and ending with snapshots taken on her deathbed.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
The youngest sister, Jillian—dutiful and made a little timid by the small scope of her life—has never left home, while the two middle sisters (Gloria and Ruby) are heading to their mother’s deathbed with various degrees of dread.
—Chloe Schama, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2024
In the candlelight, the two realize that Viserys was actually referencing the legendary Aegon the Conqueror on his deathbed, not his unstable grandson, who now sits on the Iron Throne.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 1 July 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of deathbed was
before the 12th century
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“Deathbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deathbed. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
deathbed
noun
death·bed
-ˌbed
1
: the bed in which a person dies
2
: the last hours of life
Medical Definition
deathbed
noun
death·bed
ˈdeth-ˌbed
1
: the bed in which a person dies
2
: the last hours of life
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