I found a vintage pair of sneakers listed as dead-stock in the shop's catalog.

After the lightning strike, the old oak tree stood stone-dead in the clearing.

We spent the afternoon floating effortlessly in the dead sea, laughing at how the dense salt water buoyed us up.

After the marathon, I felt half-dead but proud of finishing.

The artist experimented with dead coloring to evoke a somber, aged atmosphere in the painting.

After the exhibition closed, the storage room filled with dead stands and forgotten signage.

The project came to a dead stand as funding dried up, leaving the team without direction.

We stocked up on firewood and blankets before the dead of winter forced us indoors.

The old mechanic kept a pair of dead-blows in his toolbox for delicate adjustments.

During the audit we discovered several dead sections in the report that needed to be removed.