The photograph of the dead marines haunted the village for generations.

Her constant avoidance of eye contact and nervous laughter were dead giveaways that she was hiding something.

The engineer calculated the dead loads before designing the support beams.

The painter collected several dead-reds from the vintage fabric bin to match the worn armchair.

After the merger, the board realized that several divisions were dead losses and needed to be shut down.

Writers should avoid relying on dead metaphors if they want their prose to feel fresh.

The old mansion's dead doors creaked in the wind, making the halls feel even more haunted.

The committee kept discussing the same issues, beating dead horses instead of finding solutions.

The observatory's catalog now includes several dead comets that no longer show any coma.

My sister couldn't stand the dead beats who expected her to pay for everything during the trip.