death cell
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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As was the case with Garner’s death, cell phone videos depicting Zambrano-Montes’s last moment have surfaced.
From Newsweek • Feb. 18, 2015
The ferocity of the sentiments in both verses – Harper wrote the song "thinking of Carl Chessman, fighting for his life in his death cell" – are enhanced by a brilliant arrangement.
From The Guardian • Jan. 26, 2011
He methodically worked crossword puzzles in his death cell, looked up once to say to his guards: "At least I die famous."
From Time Magazine Archive
Said Prisoner Hauptmann, just ten years married, in his Trenton death cell: "My God, won't this be a terrible anniversary present for my Annie!"
From Time Magazine Archive
“Who told you he was in a death cell? And who told you he was in Bekkar?”
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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