wall of death
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Researchers had two participants, one man and one woman, attempt to run inside a borrowed wall of death cylinder while harnessed to a counterbalance that mimicked the Moon’s gravity.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 30, 2024
Riding the wall of death, sometimes known as a well of death, isn’t easy.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 20, 2022
There was the wall of death, where a man rode a motorcycle at a 90-degree angle.
From The Guardian • Sep. 3, 2018
My wall of death had offered a less complicated anguish than this fact of competition with a threatening and capable rival, who was also my younger brother.
From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2017
As the white mountain had once loomed over him, so now the black wall of death loomed closer with each fleeting hour.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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