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Meanings of to be in extremis in English

To be in the proccess of dying, to face the foreseeable and inevitable end ones life usually due to sickness.

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Examples for "moribund"
Examples for "moribund"
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Yet a moribund real estate market means the company's outlook remains uncertain.
Reuters
2
Block deals may help league table credit, especially when business is moribund.
Reuters
3
Given the need to rejuvenate a moribund, oil-dependent economy, that's not ideal.
Reuters
4
Control the moribund local machinery, it seems, and power will be yours.
The Guardian
5
Stockholm's move reflects growing international exasperation over the moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
The Irish Times
1
The camp was half hidden, and the fires there must be dying.
Storm Over Warlock
2
The scare of a few weeks back seemed to be dying down.
The Sign of the Red Cross: A Tale of Old London
3
She might be dying-deadfor aught I knew-whenhe reached the house.
Basil
4
He seemed to be dying on his feet, when the master whistled.
The Seventh Man
5
The man may be dying of want, and you slip past afraid.
What Men Live By, and Other Tales
1
Later, he was found lying upon the pavement in a dying condition.
Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo
2
Four days afterwards the dog crept out in a dying condition.
The Lifeboat
3
The Governor, Sir James Craig, in a dying condition, relinquished office.
The Story of Isaac Brock / Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper C...
4
He was carried back to the town by his soldiers, in a dying condition.
World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France
5
He was badly wounded in the left breast, and was apparently in a dying condition.
A Sketch of the Causes, Operations and Results of the San Franci...
1
Remember me when you lie dying-inblood and pain.
Ayesha, the Return of She
2
You come to me again when I lie dying.
The Garden of Survival
3
As you lie dying, think of Lopez, whom you shot five years ago on the Putomayo River.
The Lost World
4
Now that I lie dying many sayings concerning you come into my mind that I had forgotten.
Finished
5
The last thought of my brain as I lie dying will be that of sunshine upon an English meadow.
The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
Usage of to be in extremis in English
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He responded to being in extremis with all the equanimity of a drowning man.
The Guardian