dying
given, uttered, or manifested just before death: her dying words.
drawing to a close; ending: the dying year.
the act or process of ceasing to live, ending, or drawing to a close.
Origin of dying
1Other words from dying
- half-dying, adjective
Words that may be confused with dying
- dyeing, dying
Words Nearby dying
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How to use dying in a sentence
You might think that the praise for So’s work springs from grief over his dying so young.
In fact, even if you do get infected after vaccination, your risks of getting seriously ill, needing to go in the hospital, needing to go in the intensive care unit or dying are reduced even further.
Still Unsure About Getting The COVID-19 Vaccine? Start Here. | Kaleigh Rogers | August 11, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightIt’s a reminder that while most of those who’ve died of the virus have been old, being old is not a prerequisite for dying of the virus.
You might not want to base key medical decisions on Marjorie Taylor Greene’s advice | Philip Bump | July 9, 2021 | Washington PostIn the final stage of this “demographic transition,” Thompson proposed, the fertility rate would settle at just about replacement level with one baby born for every adult dying.
How Low Can America’s Birth Rate Go Before It’s A Problem? | Stephanie H. Murray | June 9, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightRetiring or dying would still dilute the impact of a justice’s side on the court, but it wouldn’t be so pivotal.
I am fortunate that I have never been deathly ill, but whenever I have the stomach flu, I most certainly feel like I am dying.
Gillingham tells Mary that he wants to make their lives simpler, but it sounds a little like the dying of the light.
Mills was lying on the sidewalk, dying, right in front of people trained to save him.
“In a country that once fed the world, children were dying of malnourishment,” writes Ivereigh.
Her son peeked out the window and told me his mother had left Havana for La Lisa to visit a dying relative.
The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind | Brin-Jonathan Butler | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYou see, I am the city undertaker, and the people are dying here so fast, that I can hardly supply the demand for coffins.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousThe Alcalde was kneeling by his side, gazing sadly and earnestly into the face of the dying man.
The farewell and the mourning are finished by the slaughter of dogs, that the dying man may have forerunners in the other world.
As the music wailed its dying cadences into this fateful silence, Tom met her eyes across the room.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodThe wish to go to heaven without dying is, as I know, a motive derived from child-life.
Children's Ways | James Sully
British Dictionary definitions for dying
/ (ˈdaɪɪŋ) /
the present participle of die 1
relating to or occurring at the moment of death: a dying wish
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Other Idioms and Phrases with dying
see under die.
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