| He played football but longed to be a kick-boxer, a dream that perished on the rock of short and stumpy legs. |
| Thus perished one of the greatest statesmen of his age and of Dutch history. |
| While the workers and the middle class of the great cities perished in misery, Stinnes became the owner of fabulous riches. |
| Job explained that wicked and good alike rose and fell and the work of men perished like ears of corn. |
| It was generally believed, too, when I first yarned to people, that some of those who had fled had perished of exhaustion and thirst. |
| Now, after 343 of them perished in the terrorist attacks, there are just too many funerals, wakes and memorial services to get round them all. |
