How to Use deathbed in a Sentence

deathbed

noun

• The Golf wagons had been on their deathbed for a while.
  — Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY, 18 July 2019
• The young monk then held hands with, blessed and prayed with the old monk Father Patrick, who was on his deathbed.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 July 2023
• Young men got up from their deathbed, newly strong and hale.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2024
• On her deathbed, the legend goes, Pope's wife confessed to her crime.
  — Steven Martinez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Oct. 2019
• That man’s wife was the woman that my father called on, on his deathbed.
  — Corey Gaskin, Ars Technica, 19 June 2020
• The carving is of her on her deathbed, and it is sunk up to her collarbones in his front lawn.
  — Ellyn Gaydos, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
• Now, imagine having to go through 30 years’ worth on your deathbed.
  — Harry Guinness, Wired, 17 Mar. 2022
• His grandfather, a World War II hero, was on his deathbed.
  — Dallas News, 14 July 2019
• Curley had to tell people, many of whom were on their deathbeds, that the treatment was not yet ready.
  — Erika Hayasaki, Newsweek, 21 July 2015
• And yet there isn’t one of us who would not drag himself off his deathbed in order to make the next season.
  — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 19 Nov. 2020
• And who has the heart to tell someone who appears to be on her deathbed that no one is ever safe in this life?
  — Marilyn Stasio, Variety, 3 Nov. 2021
• Tolstoy’s wife made a strange statement on her deathbed.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
• At the beginning of the episode, viewers are told that Jack’s dad, Stanley, is on his deathbed.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 24 Oct. 2017
• On her deathbed, Reilly's mother asked her to keep spreading love through the notes.
  — Ashley Vaughan, CNN, 22 Feb. 2020
• An up-close image of the fiend, lurking above the cardinal's deathbed.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2023
• That same year, Ray photographed Marcel Proust on his deathbed.
  — Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2021
• Their father was on his deathbed and Keith came to say goodbye.
  — Andrea Cavallier, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2021
• On his deathbed, his father kept a radio next to him at low volume.
  — Mujib Mashal Jim Huylebroek, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
• And, on my deathbed, the idea of drifting off into another realm is scary.
  — David Marchese, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2020
• In 2010, hearing that her mother was on her deathbed, Marion called for the first time in years to try to make amends.
  — USA Today, 17 Dec. 2020
• Mozart writing on his deathbed in the late 18th century and Vaughan Williams in the first decade of the 20th century.
  — Jen Banowetz, chicagotribune.com, 23 Feb. 2022
• In June 1999, when Fred Trump was on his deathbed, the family convened around it to pay their respects.
  — Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 9 July 2020
• At the time, Getler’s father was on his deathbed, but Getler decided to come anyway.
  — Chris Heath, The Atlantic, 17 June 2022
• New York The words that Henry James said on his deathbed sound like the last testament of a religion’s founder.
  — Edward Rothstein, WSJ, 15 June 2017
• Even on his deathbed, Il-nam summoned Gi-hun to play another game.
  — Quinci Legardye, Marie Claire, 24 Sep. 2021
• Two weeks ago, my friend was on his deathbed in Northern Washington, and his friends had come from all over the world to be beside him.
  — Steve Baltin, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022
• Also early on in the series, Cohen is seen on his deathbed a few months later.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024
• The dream sequence culminates with a set piece 70 years in the future: Sandy and Michele live together and Romy is on her deathbed.
  — Keaton Bell, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2022
• There are stories of long-sober alcoholics taking a drink on their deathbeds.
  — Andrea Jarrell, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Oct. 2017
• Rhaenyra finally asks what her father said on his deathbed.
  — Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 1 July 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024