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Definition of Living death
1. Noun. A state of constant misery.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Living Death
Literary usage of Living death
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Davison's Poetical Rhapsody by Francis Davison, Arthur Henry Bullen (1891)
"A 2 living death. [AW] IF means be none to end my restless care, If needs I must
o'erwhelmed with sorrow lie, What better way this sorrow to declare, ..."
2. Twenty Years Among Our Hostile Indians: Describing the Characteristics by James Lee Humfreville (1903)
"... of Prisoners—Captive Indian Women—A living death—An Incident on Green River—Indian
Treatment of White Captive Women. SOME of the faculties of the wild ..."