death angel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of death angel
First recorded in 1785–95
Example Sentences
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And she said the same of you when, as I would swear, you were in the fell clutches of the death angel himself.”
From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis
The wing of the death angel touches him.
From "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show by Watkins, Sam R.
Gran'mammy flung her apron over her face an' 'gun to pray kase she knew de death angel was comin' after Mis' 'Riah.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration
Then the death angel comes close to the clergyman and his wife, hovering over their only child, and at last the barrier of formalism and prejudice and religious bigotry is swept away from their minds.
From Björnstjerne Björnson, 1832-1910 by Payne, William Morton
The death angel is generally met with more calmness by the dying than by surviving friends.
From Life in the Clearings versus the Bush by Moodie, Susanna
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