How to Use sudden death in a Sentence

sudden death

noun

• We won 27–24 in sudden death.
• His sudden death in 2017 left a deep void, both in the band and among fans.
  — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2024
• And if things go to a 4-4 tie, round 9 is sudden death.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2021
• The sudden death of someone who was so new to the mainstream was of course a shock.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 20 Sep. 2023
• With the shootout score tied at 4-4 after five shots apiece, the game went to sudden death.
  — Kyle Foley, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2024
• Grant won the No 18 hole to send that match into a sudden death hole.
  — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 25 May 2021
• But Boseman’s sudden death forced Coogler and the team to regroup.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2022
• Williams wrote the work in 1974 while mourning the sudden death of his wife, Barbara.
  — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024
• If the tie can still not be broken, a sudden death game will be played.
  — New York Times, 1 Dec. 2021
• Terry scored just six points, but the last two came off a Banchero pass in sudden death.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2022
• News of the sale of the scripts comes as the stars of Friends continue to cope with the sudden death of Perry on Oct. 29 at age 54.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 15 Jan. 2024
• That dream died with Graham’s sudden death from a stroke in 1980.
  — Jane Sumner, Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2020
• His sudden death in April 2021 left a hole in the WHS family.
  — Kevin Dayhoff, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 18 June 2021
• The teenager’s sudden death has stunned his family and the city.
  — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2023
• The sudden death of a healthy 31-year-old woman like Maria Muñoz didn't make sense to Mata.
  — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2023
• His sudden death of a stroke at 61 left a huge void in our family.
  — Marc Myers, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2021
• Nine days after the sudden death of their 54-year-old coach, shock and grief remain raw.
  — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2020
• There is no timetable for the results, but sudden death necropsies can take two to three months or longer.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2021
• The family of Daunte Wright expressed rage and sorrow over the sudden death of the 20-year-old at the hands of police.
  — Brian Dakss, Elizabeth Elkind, Alex Sundby, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2021
• Love and support for Slezak came online as news of Davies’ sudden death broke.
  — Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2024
• The mental health consequences of so much sudden death in so short a time could be dire.
  — David Montgomery, Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2020
• Rork began his rescue flights in 2012, just a few months after the sudden death of his wife, Meg.
  — CBS News, 23 Aug. 2020
• The sisters said the lowest point was the sudden death of their father’s sister, Sarah, due to a heart issue in 2006.
  — Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 5 Mar. 2021
• At the end of 1969, she is consumed with grief after the sudden death of her treasured cat, Sammy.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2021
• However in this framework, the game would not end in sudden death.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2021
• Cases of sudden death in people with SCT are the rare exception rather than the rule.
  — A. Kyle MacK, Scientific American, 20 June 2021
• There will be two 10-minute periods, and no sudden death goal.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Dec. 2022
• His childhood was rocked by the sudden death of a friend in a hiking accident.
  — Maria Pasquini, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
• Walker quit smoking and drinking after the sudden death of a close friend, Link said, and subsisted mainly on juiced vegetables for the last 15 years of his life.
  — Hilarie M. Sheets, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
• Her great-grandmom’s sudden death due to the then untreatable disease tuberculosis caused all those hardships.
  — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 26 Mar 2025