'deadly' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'deadly' with 12 example sentences.
- deadly adjective
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: causing or capable of causing death
: of an instrument of certain death
: extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
: involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death
: exceedingly harmful
: (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect
- deadly adverb
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: as if dead
: (used as intensives) excessively
Lust is one of the seven deadly sins.
Too much sodium can be deadly.
The tip of the spear was dipped in a deadly poison.
Rabies is the deadliest disease on earth.
Tigers can be a deadly threat.
It's a deadly poison.
This spider is a deadly animal.
Use of deadly force has been authorized.
Snowflakes are tiny, but in large numbers can be deadly.
He fell a victim to a deadly disease.
The typhoon last week was extremely deadly.
All the most deadly poisons were in her laboratory.