The manager decided to restructure the team and politely let go of the dead wood to improve productivity.

Many scholars study dead languages to better understand ancient cultures.

The old sailors compared their dead reckonings with the new GPS readings to find where they'd gone wrong.

The guitarist's final chord was to wake the dead, sending a shockwave through the silent auditorium.

The dead in the train locomotive, towed behind the active units, needed urgent maintenance before the next service.

The captain warned the crew that a dead wind ahead would slow their progress and force them to tack.

The old factory's dead wall became a surprising canvas for the mural.

The designer adjusted the dead rise to improve the boat's handling in choppy seas.

On the shipwright's sheer plan, the dead rising marked the elliptical sweep that defined the floorheads along the hull.

Before lighting the furnace, the engineer inspected the dead plate to ensure no air could leak through that part of the grate.