Dying is an English word with synonyms like ending or death. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Dying in a sentence
Dying meaning
- Approaching death; about to die; moribund.
- Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end.
- Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.
Using Dying
- The main meaning on this page is: Approaching death; about to die; moribund. | Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end. | Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.
- Useful related words include: moribund, ending, end, demise.
- In the example corpus, dying often appears in combinations such as: the dying, of dying, assisted dying.
Example sentences (20)
Under the proposed rules changes, Spare the Dying now gives a character with the Dying condition 1 HP, which ends the Dying condition and brings the fallen character back into the fight.
And Mouch dying would free up a spot on Truck for Rome Flynn's Jake Gibson to join just as Gallo dying would.
From Akwa-IBom to Ondo state, trees are dying, fishes are dying, people can’t go into their daily occupation of fishing on the river, and creeks and Sea are dead fish.
In response to Mr Favell's letter asking the views of Wagga Wagga's state election candidates about voluntary assisted dying (, 27/2), I can assure him that I strongly support voluntary assisted dying.
Medical aid in dying: Connecticut does not allow medical aid in dying, so Lynda Bluestein sued Vermont to take advantage of that state’s law.
With psi officer Schaeffer, the descendant of Dutch from the original movie, Dredd learned this Predator was dying — and it chose him as its dying battle.
Antonya had made calls on the government to change its stance on assisted dying and had joined the assisted dying clinic in Switzerland called Dignitas.
I keep being offered things about children dying or about mothers dying.
I'm dying,’ announces Sofía Vergara, entering a suite at ’s Corinthia hotel in a cloud of Baccarat Rouge 540. The Colombian actress is not dying, as it turns out.
Irish MPs earlier this year a parliamentary report calling for assisted dying and a "Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2024" to the lower house in June.
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl contains some discussion of sex and a lot of profanity, but is mainly about two high school boys who befriend a girl dying of cancer.
Supported by the Hospice UK’s Dying Matters campaign, they aim to create an open culture in which to talk about death and dying.
The ACT's bill says health professionals and providers do not need to provide voluntary assisted dying services if there are against it but they are not allowed to hinder access to voluntary assisted dying and need to refer them elsewhere.
Wilcox added: 'The thought of her actually dying is abominable, but the thought of her dying in pain is unthinkable.
After all, my risk of dying because of the condition of my heart is magnitudes higher than my risk of dying from reinjuring my back.
If you die in a mosque, you’re dying in a state of worship, and there’s no better way of dying than while serving the true purpose of your life, to serve the Creator.
It's long felt like not only with the character dying, but with him quite specifically dying in his swimming pool.
More specifically, Doctor Octopus was dying and transferred himself into the body of Peter Parker and sent Parker into his dying body.
People of Bangladeshi descent are dying at a lower rate than white Brits, but as a proportion of their overall population three people of Caribbean heritage are dying for every white person.
The movie ends with Benjamin finally dying as a baby in the flashbacks, and Daisy dying in the present day.
Common combinations with dying
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the dying 31×
- of dying 20×
- assisted dying 19×
- dying in 19×
- are dying 15×
- dying of 13×
- dying from 13×
- dying and 9×
- was dying 7×
- and dying 7×