Certainly the idea that the soul of a dying person may be transmitted to his successor is perfectly familiar to primitive peoples.
Algonquin women who wished to become mothers flocked to the side of a dying person in the hope of receiving and being impregnated by the passing soul.
The Tonquinese cover the face of a dying person with a handkerchief, and at the moment when he breathes his last, they fold up the handkerchief carefully, thinking that they have caught the soul in it.
We have just discovered, by the confession of a dying person to one of our fathers, a very close secret.
As soon as it was dressed he insisted on returning to the women's ward, where he had be offering pious consolations to a dying person at the moment they had come to inform him of the frightful danger caused by the escape of Morok.
Thus, a self-supporting workingman would not be obliged to reduce himself to beggary in order to prolong the life of a dying person.
Thus, if a pastor were sick, another priest ought to visit a dying person, even at the risk of catching a severe cold.
Algonkin women who wished to become mothers flocked to the side of a dying person in the hope of receiving and being impregnated by the passing soul.
The Itonamas in South America seal up the eyes, nose, and mouth of a dying person, in case his ghost should get out and carry off other people.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dying person" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
