Grim Reaper
the personification of death as a man or cloaked skeleton holding a scythe.
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How to use Grim Reaper in a sentence
Part Grim Reaper, part angel, this deathly saint had few followers, and they mostly worshipped in private.
America’s Fastest Growing Death Holiday Is From Mexico | Michael Schulson | November 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOur feeble attempts to push back the Grim Reaper only sharpen its cruel bite, not dull it.
And once we work that out, as we age, we might even be able to work a stalemate with the Grim Reaper himself.
Sorry, Folks, Playing Dots Won’t Make You Smarter | Kent Sepkowitz | June 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTNate Silver meets the Grim Reaper, without all the confusing actuarial tables.
Being Unemployed Could Help Cause a Heart Attack, Researchers Find | Kent Sepkowitz | November 21, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIn modern times, only a few great writers have been reprieved by the Grim Reaper.
Goodbye, Roth: We Should Salute His Decision to Stop Writing | Robert McCrum | November 10, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
It seemed inconceivable that the Grim Reaper could have worked this grisly change in so short a time!
The thief of youth, they have called you; a highwayman, a gipsy, a Grim Reaper.
Mince PieAuthor: Christopher Darlington MorleyRelease Date: October 10, 2004 [eBook #13694] | Christopher Darlington MorleyHad the Grim Reaper no other harvest whitening for his sickle?
General Bounce | G. J. Whyte-MelvilleSo would I, but rather in the direction of giving the “Grim Reaper” and the grave-diggers fewer people to bury.
West African studies | Mary Henrietta KingsleyThe distinguished officers of the Confederacy are rapidly falling before the Grim Reaper.
Lee and Longstreet at High Tide | Helen D. Longstreet
Cultural definitions for Grim Reaper
A figure commonly used to represent death. The Grim Reaper is a skeleton or solemn-looking man carrying a scythe, who cuts off people's lives as though he were harvesting grain.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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