Examples of 'dead man walking' in a sentence

Meaning of "dead man walking"

The phrase 'dead man walking' is a colloquial expression that metaphorically refers to a person who is in a dangerous or doomed situation, typically without realizing the severity of it. It can be used in various contexts, such as to describe someone facing imminent failure, punishment, or an unavoidable negative outcome. 'Dead man walking' implies a sense of impending doom, helplessness, or inevitability of an unfortunate event or consequence
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  • A condemned prisoner walking to a death chamber or other place of execution.
  • Someone who is soon to die.
  • Someone who is about to face an unavoidable loss (though the person may not realize it).

How to use "dead man walking" in a sentence

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A dead man walking sentenced to die by strangulation.
I have just seen a dead man walking.
He is a dead man walking amongst the living.
Then you are just a dead man walking.
A dead man walking in the streets.
Cue the designated dead man walking.
Got a dead man walking here.
I am basically looking at a dead man walking.
Dead man walking and talking.
Coal is basically a dead man walking now.
Dead man walking is not just some words but.
That you are a dead man walking.
He was a dead man walking through the whole movie.
Poor fellow looks like a dead man walking.
He was dead man walking back then.

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You are already a dead man walking.
A dead man walking.
You mean is a dead man walking.
This coming from the woman who fell in love with the dead man walking.
You will be a dead man walking.
I am a dead man walking thanks to Fukushima.
I am basically looking at a dead man walking right now.
I am a dead man walking without Christ.
I think he is now a dead man walking.
I am a dead man walking if Stack ever finds that out.
Looks like a dead man walking.
Passive righteousness and active righteousness are examined in Dead Man Walking.
You are the dead man walking.
Dead Man Walking is American prison guard slang for a condemned prisoner.
Taseer was a dead man walking.
The Made by FBI indictment of Julian Assange does look like a dead man walking.
We found a dead man walking.
I am trying very hard not to be the next dead man walking.
They are a dead man walking.
The album release was followed by a Brazilian tour dubbed the Dead Man Walking Tour.
Even as a dead man walking.
You would mess it up and I would be a dead man walking.
We got a dead man walking.
Most do not care Julian Assange is a dead man walking.
I am the dead man walking.
If he dies by your hand, you are a dead man walking.
Tom is a dead man walking.
From the moment he was diagnosed, my father was a dead man walking.
He found a dead man walking.
They have no further use for it - it is a dead man walking.
I became a dead man walking.
The krultures are definitely circ llpg and it 's dead man walking.
I was like a dead man walking.
So he 's just bought himself another three days of a dead man walking.
China is a dead man walking.

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