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Discover LudwigThe phrase "about to be killed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where someone or something is on the verge of being killed or harmed imminently.
Example: "The character in the movie was about to be killed by the villain, creating a tense moment for the audience."
Alternatives: "on the brink of death" or "facing imminent death".
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If Sally doesn't know exactly who is watching her, how can she possibly know she isn't about to be killed immediately?
"We were all about to be killed," she said.
At night, asleep, I would dream that I was about to be killed by someone else".
L.B.J.: What I need to know right now, J. Edgar, is this: Is King about to be killed?
Wilbur is about to be killed and a little girl, Fern saves him and brings him up on a bottle.
If you knew people were about to be killed and you couldn't stop it, would you warn them?
In the darkness of the confession box, Father James Brendan Gleesonn) learns he is about to be killed.
In Webb's original screenplay, it leads to this exchange: L.B.J.: What I need to know right now, J. Edgar, is this: Is King about to be killed?
She was about to be killed by a firing squad at Buchenwald when it was liberated by American troops in April 1945.
He is taken to a town square where 20 people are about to be killed as reprisals for recent armed protests.
9.48pm GMT Brolin's spooked by the notion that he's about to be killed for his money, so he asks his taxi driver to take him elsewhere.
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