Sentence examples for were dead a from inspiring English sources

Two weeks later, six health care workers had been infected and two -- a doctor and an ambulance driver -- were dead, a doctor at the hospital said.

At least 93 residents of the capital, Maputo, were dead a day after colossal explosions at a military armory on the city's edge spewed munitions for miles in every direction, and officials feared the toll would rise.

But books like "Wish You Were Dead," a thriller set in a fictionalized version of Larchmont and surrounding towns, have earned him enough young American readers to keep him writing at a furious clip — he typically has five or six books in the works at a time, he said, some for children as young as 8 and others for tweens and teenagers.

They were dead a half an hour after they arrived.

A gun was the weapon of choice, and all were dead: a former star quarterback and two ex-boxing champions.

He was dead a week later.

Coltrane was dead a few months afterwards.

She is dead, a suicide.

"Teddy Roosevelt has been dead a long time.

He has been dead a while.

I'm gonna be dead a week on Tuesday".