But why does the prospect of death make us more punitive, conservative and religious?
All five of us had to face the prospect of death during those nights.
"They face the prospect of death, torture, humiliation every time they venture on the streets".
Having fun, if Fig the drummer was right, with the prospect of death.
Mr. Malvo was asked whether the prospect of death scared him.
He stood uncompromising in the defence of our ideals when we faced the prospect of death in the Rivonia Trial.
A profoundly devout Anglican, Johnson was in dread at the prospect of death and judgment, for he feared damnation.
For some of the younger ones, the prospect of death was delivered in different ways, and they fled.
"Death — or the prospect of death — has a way of clearing away everything that is not real," she said.
Faced with the increasing prospect of death, Mr. Ralston decided to amputate his immobilized arm using the blade of a cheap multipurpose tool.
The prospect of death didn't deter Barnett Davenport, a Connecticut murderer who was hanged in 1780, at the age of nineteen.
