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Demise is an English word with synonyms like death or dying. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Demise in a sentence

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Demise | Demises | Demised

Demise meaning

  1. The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
  2. Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.
  3. Death; decease.

Synonyms of Demise

death dying end ending birth

Related words

Other words often associated with Demise or its synonyms:

beginning last conclusion point change middle finish kickoff anxious section goal close

Using Demise

  • The main meaning on this page is: The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter. | Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor. | Death; decease.
  • Useful related words include: death, dying, end, ending.
  • In the example corpus, demise often appears in combinations such as: demise of, the demise, his demise.

Context around Demise

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

grisly 2× untimely 2× near 1× uninspiring 1×

Often after:

expressed 1× cutting 1×

Sentence patterns with Demise

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

after grisly demise 1× after the demise of the 1× after the demise of windows 1× and the demise of dec 1× before his demise was brought 1× bring a demise to demise 1× by his demise would be 1× demise to demise 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after the demise 2× a 20 year 1× a friend sharing 1× a hotel opened 1× after his untimely 1× after optimus prime 1×

Common sentence endings:

after grisly demise 1× as a suspect 1× bit amd64 architecture 1× by his enemies 1× comair ceased operations 1× connected with him 1×

Words around Demise

Just before it in the word index:

demis 5 demirtas 7 demiroren 2 demirel 4 demirci 2 demircan 2

Just after it in the word index:

demised 2 demises 7 demissie 3 demit 10 demita 2 demits 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

locker 987 mi 987 mosque 987 paramedics 987 rooted 987 trustees 987

Corpus analysis for Demise

  • In this selection, "demise" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, grisly, untimely, near, expressed and cutting stand out and add context to how "demise" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include after grisly demise and after the demise of the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "demise" sits close to words such as locker, mi and mosque, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with demise

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

After the demise of the steelworks Clive went on to work for Royal Mail. (14 words)

After his untimely demise, the single became the official anthem through which listeners connected with him. (16 words)

Fi, a spirit connected to the Goddess Sword, called upon Link to bring a demise to Demise. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

According to the former President, the late legal luminary was integrity personified and a core professional who was committed not only to his job but his family, adding that the vacuum created by his demise would be hard to fill. (40 words)

All too often in politics, a comet can burn itself into a falling star – although every prediction of Trump’s demise (at least among the GOP electorate) has proven to be wishful thinking by his enemies. (36 words)

On the night of her 36th birthday, Nadia gets stuck in a time loop, and quickly realizes that she’s doomed to repeat the same evening over and over, meeting grisly demise after grisly demise. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

Fi, a spirit connected to the Goddess Sword, called upon Link to bring a demise to Demise.

Just like nothing could stop the demise of Apartheid, so nothing will stop the demise of the this current regime.

On the night of her 36th birthday, Nadia gets stuck in a time loop, and quickly realizes that she’s doomed to repeat the same evening over and over, meeting grisly demise after grisly demise.

After the demise of Windows on Alpha (and the demise of DEC), Cutler was instrumental in porting Windows to AMD's new 64-bit AMD64 architecture.

Ratzinger saw this as a reaction to the demise or near-demise of the "Marxist myth" in the West.

There are many legends regarding his demise, with the most famous being that his demise was due to trying to seduce Kaloyan's wife.

A 20-year-old Michigan woman found alive in a funeral home in August after being wrongly declared dead is now genuinely dead—and her relatives blame the earlier mistake for her demise.

According to the former President, the late legal luminary was integrity personified and a core professional who was committed not only to his job but his family, adding that the vacuum created by his demise would be hard to fill.

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A friend, sharing the news of his demise, expressed heartbreak, recounting the futile attempts by medical professionals to revive him.

After his untimely demise, the single became the official anthem through which listeners connected with him.

After Optimus Prime's demise, the Fallen initiates his assault on Earth, culminating in a colossal battle near the Egyptian pyramids.

After the demise of the steelworks Clive went on to work for Royal Mail.

A hotel opened in 1879 on the Ferncliff Peninsula, but the advent of the motor vehicle ultimately led to its demise.

Ajibola’s eldest son, Segun, broke the news of his father’s demise in a statement on Sunday, saying “With very deep heart and gratitude to Almighty Allah.

All too often in politics, a comet can burn itself into a falling star – although every prediction of Trump’s demise (at least among the GOP electorate) has proven to be wishful thinking by his enemies.

Another factor impacting the South African flight industry is the demise of low-cost airline Kulula after parent company Comair ceased operations.

As a being of raw energy, Carol's allies had to put their own powers to work keeping her corporeal form from dissipating following her untimely demise.

As Paul Keating would say, the pet-shop galahs are all talking about “de-dollarisation” – that is, the demise of the greenback as the world’s reserve currency.

As such, the show could and should give Homelander an equally uninspiring demise, cutting right at the heart of his psychopathic self-importance.

As the investigation commences, the alleged nurse who injected the later rapper before his demise was brought in as a suspect.

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Common combinations with demise

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "demise" in a sentence?
An example: "Fi, a spirit connected to the Goddess Sword, called upon Link to bring a demise to Demise." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "demise" from authentic English texts.
What does "demise" mean?
Demise means: The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
What are synonyms of "demise"?
Common synonyms of "demise" include: death, dying, end, ending, birth.
How many example sentences with "demise" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "demise", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.