Sentence examples for death becoming from inspiring English sources

And so it went for 5,000 years, with the criteria for death becoming ever more stringent.

Ansela inherited the land on his death, becoming the first woman descended from a slave to own her own farm.

He succeeded his father as head of the firm in 1913 upon the latter's death, becoming heir to an estate of more than $50,000,000.

Chandler was hospitalised for several months and said that at one point she was "minutes away from death," becoming so ill that her organs were failing.

In 1386 Lithuania's ruler converted to Christianity and married the queen of Poland, on her death becoming ruler of Poland as King Ladislav II Jagiellon.

Ms. Orfinger Karlin intensified her resistance work after her husband's death, becoming one of the few women in the partisan leadership.

Psychological welfare of children With death and destruction becoming a feature of daily life for so many civilians, UNICEF has been monitoring the psychological welfare of children across the Middle East conflict zone.

Though a relative of the couple sues Heggs for libel for confirming the ghost stories, Heggs inadvertently solves the mystery surrounding the "haunting" and uncovers the truth about the deaths, becoming a hero in the process.

Nebraska last month abolished the death penalty, becoming the 19th state to do so and the seventh since 2007.

He wrote in his new book that death is becoming more stylish as the population ages, and included a chapter titled "Death Duties".

I always think it's amazing when anyone who died very young – Radiguet died at the age of 20 – manages to be brilliant enough to avoid [early death] becoming their defining feature.