After the merger failed, the two regional directors were dead men walking, their careers essentially over.

To diagnose the timing issue, the mechanic rotated the crankshaft until the piston reached bottom dead center and checked the valve clearance.

After the storm, the soaked mattress felt heavy as a dead donkey when I tried to lift it.

When measuring tidal volume, clinicians must account for anatomic dead spaces to avoid overestimating effective ventilation.

The music blared fit to wake the dead, shaking pictures from the walls.

For dessert, she served a steaming dead man's arm topped with lemon sauce.

At the office party, Jason cuts someone dead after she reveals his secret.

After their argument, he spent the evening cutting someone dead at the party, pretending she didn't exist.

After the scandal, many of his former friends would cut someone dead if they saw him.

In the ventilated regions of the lung, alveolar dead spaces can increase after a pulmonary embolism.