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1 It gets into the soul; it is stagnation; you die by inches.
2 Better be poisoned at once than die by inches in this way.
3 I have an idea that I shall die by my own hand.
4 My great-grandfather escaped murder in order to die by his own hand.
5 People like him do not die by the sword of honest men.
6 Astrologers predicted that the Duke must die by having his throat cut.
7 Instead, he wanted them all to die by fire and the sword.
8 It is her own will that she should die by my hand.
9 I am poisoned, but it must be thought I die by magic.
10 After all one may as well be drowned as die by inches.
11 He said, Massar Tabb turn me out to die by de roadside.
12 Men do not die by scores, hundreds, thousands, without some extraordinary cause.
13 He felt a presentiment that he would die by this man's hand.
14 Therefore come forth, for this day thou shalt die by my hand.
15 Every week at least eight people in the State die by suicide.
16 Perfect freedom would be to die by earth, air, water, and fire.
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