feel like death
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On the bouncing folk-rock number “Liberty Tree,” which again mentions Bobby, she sings, “I was alone with my thoughts / In an outline of chalk,” illustrating how isolation can feel like death.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
“I feel like death is haunting me since California authorities gave the green light for school districts to open in person,” she said, speaking through a mask that partly drowned out her voice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2021
Such exile can feel like death to small political magazines, which even in the best of times frequently ask themselves if anyone cares what they have to say.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 25, 2018
"You feel like death is waiting in every place," says Kholood al-Absi, 27, who lost her job with an oil services company in Sanaa late last year.
From Reuters ● Mar. 9, 2016
“I know,” I say The box is empty I haven’t shaved, and I feel like death warmed up at the track.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
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