dead!

She is not dead! the younger night elf insisted to herself.

WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010

“Zasz is dead!” he informed her, his overlord floating nervously just beyond her reach.

Queen of Blades AARON ROSENBERG 2006

“You are the dead!” he proclaimed in a voice that seemed to come from everywhere at once.

MILLENNIUM GARFIELD REEVES-STEVENS JUDITH 2000

You will never choose to fall in love with her now that she is dead! she teased him.

The Virgin's Lover Philippa Gregory 1996

She was sitting on the steps of the village shrine to the Six Mothers, whispering delicious secrets with her girlfriends—Dead now, all long since dead! a wraith of reality moaned through the dream—when a shepherd came by, down from the mountainside, and the girls paused in their chatter to tease the lad.

TO STORM HEAVEN ESTHER FRIESNER 1990

“I should have run blood tests before declaring them dead!” he said raptly, without any sort of introductory remarks.

Bloodthirst J. M. Dillard 1990

Shifting his weight cautiously, he crept toward the arras, fighting a wild impulse to shout, “‘Dead for a ducat, dead!’” as he plunged his blade through it.

Time for Yesterday A. C. Crispin 1990

When Herod was told of this, he thought: «I had John beheaded, yet he has risen from the dead!».

Spero News 2010

“Bang, you’re dead!” the boy cried, and Jacob believed him.

HOUSE RULES JODI PICOULT 2010

“Your father will be dead!” the pirate yells, his breath hot against Iza’s face like a slap.

Zombies vs. Unicorns Justine Larbalestier 2010