Sentence examples for were as dead from inspiring English sources

You may have thought that flat caps were as dead as cobbled streets and mass whippet-keeping, but don't be too sure.

The old Cruiser Rules, which called for a sub to sink a merchant ship only after stopping her and allowing the crew to disembark, were as dead as the protocols of medieval chivalry.

They were as dead to judgment as he.

Just when they were beginning to show a hint of promise, having won three of their last four games and 6 of 11 in March, the Knicks were demolished tonight by a team whose playoff hopes were as dead as their own.

The bleachers are as dead as Neidermeyer.

THE Moon may not be as dead as it seems.

Old Marley was as dead as a doornail".

But in fact the thirties are as dead as ever.

I am as dead as the Nehru jacket.

But Cook is as dead as a doornail.

By then, thankfully, I'll be as dead as dead-tree journalism.