Dead Heart

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noun

the Dead Heart Australian the remote interior of Australia

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Word Origin for Dead Heart

C20: from the title The Dead Heart of Australia (1906) by J. W. Gregory (1864–1932), British geologist

Words nearby Dead Heart

dead firing, dead freight, dead from the neck up, dead hand, deadhead, Dead Heart, dead heat, dead horse, dead in one's tracks, dead in the water, dead key

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How to use Dead Heart in a sentence

But a hasty examination showed them, to their horror, that the girl was dead—heart failure, presumably.
Where the Strange Trails Go Down|E. Alexander Powell
She wondered whether the solemn bell that once called its flock to worship had become as mute as her own dead heart.
Polly of the Circus|Margaret Mayo
His repinings and upbraidings are manifestly all pointed at a dead heart, not at a dead queen.
Sir Walter Ralegh|William Stebbing
We don't want to live forever like lumps of ice circling around a dead heart.
Dead World|Jack Douglas

But he was convinced that in taking Marynia he was not taking a dead heart.
Children of the Soil|Henryk Sienkiewicz