natural death

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death that occurs from natural causes, as disease or old age, rather than from violence or an accident.

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Origin of natural death

First recorded in 1570–80

Words nearby natural death

Natural Bridge, Natural Bridges, natural child, natural childbirth, natural classification, natural death, natural deduction, natural frequency, natural gas, natural gender, natural harmonics

How to use natural death in a sentence

Jozef Gecz, a pediatric geneticist who signed the pardon petition, acknowledged to the news wire that there was stronger evidence of natural death in the girls’ cases.
An Australian mom was convicted of killing her 4 babies. Scientists say she’s innocent.|Brittany Shammas|May 7, 2021|Washington Post
Yet another national park that’s popular with the auto-touring crowd, Yellowstone saw motor-vehicle crashes, medical issues, and natural death tied for the most fatalities, with 12 occurances each since 2010.
These Are the 5 Deadliest National Parks|Emily Pennington|April 8, 2021|Outside Online
Beyond falls and natural death, drownings are the most common cause of death in Yosemite.
Danger lurks in national parks, but not necessarily where you expect it|Miles Howard|February 25, 2021|Washington Post
So much for wanting “the gaucheries of [his] youth” to “die a perfectly natural death.”
What the Leaked J.D. Salinger Stories Reveal About the Author|Andrew Romano|November 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Better for all of us that it dies a natural death from simple repulsion and lack of interest.
Boycott the Cross-Dressing Show! ABC’s New Sitcom ‘Work It’ Doesn't Work|Noelle Howey|January 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Unhappily the Duc d'Alencon, Catherine's last male child, had already died, a natural death.
Catherine de' Medici|Honore de Balzac
It has been ridiculed so long that it should have died a natural death.
Patchwork|Anna Balmer Myers
With characteristic mendacity, the duke spread the report that the prisoner had died a natural death.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots|Henry Baird
If this proposal is agreeable to you, we must think of acting so that my brother should appear to have died a natural death.
The Arabian Nights|Unknown
Your master's body is contained in these two bundles, and our business is, to bury him as if he had died a natural death.
The Arabian Nights|Unknown