Example Sentences

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It’s still uncertain how many of the trees it scorched will perish.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

If the ice breaks up under the chicks before they are able to swim, in around December, Peter warns they will perish.

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2024

Holcomb, who also is a minister, said “we must recognize that we will perish as fools if we don’t find a way to live amongst each other.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2023

“Those who play with fire will perish by it,” he told Mr. Biden during a marathon call in July, according to the Chinese foreign ministry.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2022

There cannot be very many hunters, because if they consume all the floaters, the hunters themselves will perish.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan