Dead
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Horses, especially dead or tired ones, get a lot of mentions in Carrie and Lowell too.
Source: Music / Sufjan Stevens -
He's got three hours of sleep in twenty days, yet he's only portrayed as being a bit tired instead of, y'know, dead.
Source: Literature / Halo: The Flood - In the Nightside series, Walker gets pretty sick and tired of people reminiscing about the time he invoked this trope, using his Voice to question a dead body.
Source: Interrogating the Dead
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Tired and Dead. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dead/tired
Dead & Tired. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dead/tired>.
Tired or Dead. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dead/tired.
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