death sentence

noun

1. a sentence condemning a convicted felon to execution by the state.

Example Sentences

She urged the court to affirm the jury’s verdict and not to vacate Roof’s death sentence.

From Washington Post

Higher pressure slows their growth, and slow growth of juveniles has been a death sentence for them.

From Nautilus

He argues that sending a 79-year-old man to prison during a pandemic amounts to a death sentence.

From Time

Often diagnosed late and resistant to treatment, it is essentially a death sentence—only 8 to 10 percent of patients remain alive five years after diagnosis.

From Nautilus

If Oneal is convicted, prosecutors will seek a death sentence, the Times reported.

From Washington Post

Had he been competently represented, the jury might well have failed to concur on a death sentence.

From The Daily Beast

The attempt was hatched in an effort to have a death sentence on an IRA man commuted, the military pensions archives reveal.

From The Daily Beast

HIV went from an eventual death sentence to a chronic but manageable illness.

From The Daily Beast

RELATED: Following Tuberculosis from Death Sentence to Cure Bacteria caused tuberculosis.

From The Daily Beast

Why is standing out still a death sentence for black kids in America?

From The Daily Beast

It was like a death sentence pronounced in all solemnity upon some shivering criminal.

From Project Gutenberg

If you are afraid to make a cross, infidel, you pass your own death sentence, and I shall take on myself to execute it.

From Project Gutenberg

Their abandonment there had been intended as a death sentence for all of them.

From Project Gutenberg

The death sentence was rescinded, of course, pending this new trial.

From Project Gutenberg

He never informed them that the death sentence had been imposed.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• capital punishment