Her measurements were dead nuts precise, so the parts fit without adjustment.

She was dead nuts sure the package would arrive today.

In the memo you mistakenly wrote dead line instead of deadline, which confused the team.

As the soldiers fell silent, the band struck up the mournful dead-march that had marked countless funerals.

The crew secured the dead-light over the porthole before the storm hit.

She held a memorial for the dead-born child to honor the brief life that had been lost.

Witnesses said they saw a dead man lying motionless near the pier.

The linguistics professor explained that dead-set functions as a noun when referring to an alternative spelling.

She's dead-set on starting her own business next year.

The dead-tree branches crunched underfoot as we walked through the forest.