5 sentences with 'deathbed'
Example sentences and phrases with the word deathbed and other words derived from it.
• « Some combination of his wounds, alcohol and exhaustion finally caught up with him. Allegedly, as he lay on his deathbed, his generals asked Alexander the Great who would follow him as Great King and he replied "the strongest", and then died. The results were predictable: decades of fighting as each general tried to seize the huge empire Alexander had forged. »
• « Various conspiracy theories surrounded him, especially those that claimed he was a secret Catholic; it turns out that he had drawn up a secret agreement with Louis XIV to re-Catholicise England if he could, and proclaimed his Catholicism on his deathbed. »
• « Mass protests finally forced the issue in 1905. The ruler Muzaffar al-Din Shah signed on his deathbed a 'Basic Law' creating a parliamentary regime, and in 1907 his successor Muhammad Ali Shah signed a supplement to the law introducing civil equality and the recognition that national sovereignty derived from the people. »
• « You don't have to be on your deathbed to see your life flash before your eyes. Just look at the names in our address book. »
• « On his deathbed in 1821, Austin asked his son Stephen to carry out his plans, and Mexico, which had gained independence from Spain that same year, allowed Stephen to take control of his father's grant. »