Sentence examples for upon dying from inspiring English sources

Kings enjoyed deification regularly in Egypt, though in some other traditions only upon dying.

Are the pains of hell reserved for the Last Judgment, or do they supervene immediately upon dying?

Near the close of the story, after Caden has grown old and stooped and people he loves have died, Mr. Kaufman suggests that the entire film has been a dream upon dying.

In words prefacing his "figment" quote, Warhol wondered why, upon dying, "you didn't just vanish, and everything could just keep going on the way it was—only you wouldn't be there".

The Hittite king was not only the chief ruler, military leader, and supreme judge but also the earthly deputy of the storm god; upon dying, he himself became a god.

In words prefacing his "figment" quote, Warhol wondered why, upon dying, "you didn't just vanish, and everything could just keep going on the way it was — only you wouldn't be there".

The Romero-type zombie, very much the dominant form these days, multiplies by contagion, like a virus: it feeds on flesh, and its bite is lethal, so even those semi-­fortunate humans who aren't wholly devoured, but merely gnawed upon, die and come back as shuffling, hollow-­eyed flesh-­eaters themselves.

Butch gazes sad-eyed upon him as upon a dying cowboy.

Near Hunger and Hardship Creek, on the Swainsboro Road, in Emanuel County, we had come upon a dying turtle — a snapping turtle.

As a grown woman, she happens upon a dying man who has been in an automobile accident.

Fleeing the rout of the English Army, Robin comes upon a dying knight, Robert Loxley Douglas Hodgee), whose identity and sword he takes back to Nottinghamshire.