Sentence examples for were really dead from inspiring English sources

He repeatedly recalled taking what he called "follow-up" shots to ensure that those on the ground were really dead.

Scientists have recorded cases of adult chimps apparently caring for fellow animals before they die, and chimp mothers have been observed carrying around the bodies of infants for days after their death although scientists have debated whether the latter behavior represents true grieving or if the mothers didn't realize their infants were really dead.

"They are really dead".

None of them are really dead: that's the conundrum.

"He's really dead," I say.

Ward confirmed that Callum is really dead in an interview.

"But your mother is really dead?" Mo nodded.

I needed to know if Frisco was really dead.

He had Donna check that she was really dead.

"It's really dead," one senior official said.

This time she's really dead to me.