In other words, a person who is suffering from the effects of severe cold may seem dead,but still be alive.

VOA: special.2009.12.30

When I look back now from this high hill of my old age, I can still see the dead lying all over the ground.

VOA: special.2010.04.08

But the possibility that dead bodies may still emerge as the rubble is cleared is not being ruled out.

VOA: standard.2009.04.12

About one quarter of the presumed dead are still considered missing persons, never to be heard from again.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

Flood waters from the dam that broke early Friday morning near Jakarta have largely receded, but dozens of people are still missing and feared dead.

VOA: standard.2009.03.28

"But the real heroes that day were those 32 men that after they saw their comrades, the first four me on the boat cut in halfor shot to pieces, two very severely and two dead, they still climbed over the bodies and did their job."

VOA: standard.2009.06.02