Below you will find example sentences with "death toll". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Death Toll in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: toll
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 66
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 27.5 words

Words in this phrase

death toll

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • death can mean: The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and ... Common word
  • toll can mean: A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending... Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 10 start, 9 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

an official death toll of 16 1× coronavirus death toll continues to 1× death toll for el 1× death toll from kenya 1× exceeded the death toll from the 1× ground operation death toll to 188 1× katrina s death toll of over 1× north westthe death toll from landslides 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

the death toll 2× chinese officials announced 1× conservative government estimates 1× coronavirus death toll 1× death toll for 1× death toll from 1×

Common sentence endings:

1 800 people 1× 22 000 nationwide 1× after deadly incidents 1× among armenian fighters 1× arabia to ignore 1× attack to 22 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

official 6× people 5× far 3× rains 3× reports 2× coronavirus 2× new 2× now 2× 000 2× paso 2× shooting 2× victims 2×

Related phrases

causing death sudden death death penalty tragic death toll road death metal death threats toll roads toll plaza

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around toll:

toll road 13× toll roads 9× toll plaza 7×

Just before it in the phrase index:

death threats death penalty death metal dearly loved dean henderson deal brexit

Just after it in the phrase index:

deaths due debate stage debit card debit cards debt burden debt ceiling

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

death penalty death metal death threats

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "death toll" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 27.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as an official death toll of 16, coronavirus death toll continues to, official, people and far stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with causing death, sudden death, death penalty, toll road, toll roads and toll plaza, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with death toll

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

The death toll, 35, resurrected longstanding rumors about official underreporting of death tolls after deadly incidents. (16 words)

The official death toll is 39, but later investigations suggest the actual toll may be much higher. (17 words)

His death brings the IDF’s ground operation death toll to 188, and 522 since October 7th. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

Death Toll For El Paso Shooting Now 22 After Victims Die In HospitalTwo more victims of the mass shooting at a crowded Walmart in El Paso, Texas, died Monday at a hospital, raising the death toll for the attack to 22. (41 words)

Death toll from Kenya landslides rises to 56 as heavy rains lash country's north westThe death toll from landslides in northwestern Kenya triggered on Saturday by unusually heavy rains has risen to at least 56 people, a local official said. (41 words)

The death toll from the rains reached at least 94 after floodwaters forced several million people from their homes, NHK national television said, the highest toll since 98 people were killed in a typhoon in 2004. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

Way back UN Secretary General Kofi Annan noted in one of his reports that the death toll from small arms far exceeded the death toll from the use of other weapons systems,” Yuri Ambrazevich said.

Coronavirus death toll continues to climb as New York hospitalizations stabilizeThe coronavirus death toll is now more than 22,000 nationwide.

Death Toll For El Paso Shooting Now 22 After Victims Die In HospitalTwo more victims of the mass shooting at a crowded Walmart in El Paso, Texas, died Monday at a hospital, raising the death toll for the attack to 22.

Death toll from Kenya landslides rises to 56 as heavy rains lash country's north westThe death toll from landslides in northwestern Kenya triggered on Saturday by unusually heavy rains has risen to at least 56 people, a local official said.

Friday, an official newspaper, The Vientiane Times, reported that the official death toll had “climbed” to four, contradicting earlier reports in the state-run media that had put the death toll at 27.

He was comparing an official death toll of 16 people from Hurricane Maria (that number would later rise to 64) to Katrina’s death toll of over 1,800 people.

Conservative government estimates put the death toll at 400, citation while the real death toll is believed to be around 3000.

His research shows that the death toll from democide is far greater than the death toll from war.

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Russia’s Investigative Committee, in issuing the new death toll of 93, has also warned that the toll is still expected to rise.

Mr. Xi sent Premier Li Keqiang to Wuhan more than a week ago, when the death toll stood at 106. By Tuesday, the toll in China was more than 420 deaths.

Tamil Nadu saw 88 fatalities, the highest single day toll so far, pushing the death toll to 2,403, a health department bulletin said.

The updated death toll from the Armenian side pushes its fatalities up by nearly 1,000 compared to the last confirmed toll among Armenian fighters.

Toll from cyclone-hit southern Africa surges as UN launches health aid (Today) - The death toll from a cyclone that ravaged three southern African countries last week headed.

The death toll from the rains reached at least 94 after floodwaters forced several million people from their homes, NHK national television said, the highest toll since 98 people were killed in a typhoon in 2004.

The official death toll is 39, but later investigations suggest the actual toll may be much higher.

Redlich, Carl Aage: 19. September, 1945. p. 55. Death toll at Buchenwald Causes of death A primary cause of death was illness due to harsh camp conditions, with starvation—and its consequent illnesses—prevalent.

The images of death and destruction coming out of Gaza and the mounting death toll of Palestinian civilians could ultimately prove to be too much for Saudi Arabia to ignore.

His death brings the IDF’s ground operation death toll to 188, and 522 since October 7th.

The death toll, 35, resurrected longstanding rumors about official underreporting of death tolls after deadly incidents.

Chinese officials announced an additional 1,290 deaths that had not been initially included in Wuhan death tolls Friday, increasing the city’s previous stated death toll by 50%.

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