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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a friend was dying" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing loss, grief, or serious situations involving a friend's health.
Example: "I received the heartbreaking news that a friend was dying, and I rushed to the hospital to be by their side."
Alternatives: "a friend was passing away" or "a friend was in critical condition."
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The friend who brought me to DeKorte Park came here religiously when a friend was dying.
A friend was dying of cancer, and her adopted daughter, Gina, a 14-year-old girl from Guatemala, needed a home.
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But what do you do when a friend is dying?
I believe the relationship ended because one day I called her a narcissist when a mutual friend was dying and I felt her focus was as usual on herself.
Francisco Felix, 32, a father of four who has hepatitis C and is in need of a liver, received news a few weeks ago that a family friend was dying and wanted to donate her liver to him.
I flew the U-2 during the 1990s, and I received this news as if I had learned that an old friend was dying.
It didn't help that we seemed to be at the centre of a cancer cluster: one friend was dying of leukaemia in Hammersmith hospital, another was in the process of being diagnosed, a third had had half his throat and jaw chopped out.
Making matters worse, an old friend is dying of cancer.
If a relative or friend is dying, British people often acknowledge it - then politely avoid mentioning it.
La Notte, the second in a trilogy, had Jeanne Moreau and Marcello Mastroianni as a jaded married couple whose friend is dying in hospital.
My friend is dying from colon cancer.
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