Sentence examples for dead for from inspiring English sources

"dead for" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to mean "intended or suitable for death". For example, "He was sentenced to death for a crime he didn't commit, so he felt dead for."

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Dead for ages.

The New Yorker

Love is dead for him.

The New Yorker

That's been dead for ages.

The New York Times

Bates had been dead for years.

The New Yorker

Musa had been dead for weeks.

The New Yorker

My mother is dead for him.

The New Yorker

It has been dead for some time.

Independent

"He looked dead for sure.

The New York Times

It's been dead for ages".

The New York Times

He lay dead for ages.

The Guardian

He has been dead for 43 years.

The New York Times

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