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Here, for a moment, I was dead to the world.

Werksman picked apart descriptions she had given over the years of feeling “paralyzed,” “dead to the world,” “crying” and “whimpering.”

Richard is already asleep, dead to the world, snoring softly.

I cradled the book to my chest and turned to watch Mom as she slept, dark and dead to the world.

“I’m opening in the morning, and then by the time you get home from baseball tomorrow night, I’m going to be dead to the world.”