One reason is that people seem to postpone death, regardless of the cause, until after a birthday or holiday, his previous studies have found.

I mean that, used properly, these drugs indefinitely postpone death.

Can you believe that Noah was able to postpone death for eight hundred years by telling the angel that he was behind in his paperwork?

It follows from this that younger people will normally take preference over older people in the allocation of resources that would postpone death.

It does not seem, in general, valuable to postpone death by a few hours at enormous cost.

I want to grow old gracefully, but I am unwilling to postpone death indefinitely.

American church officials, however, have supported the removal of respirators in cases where it is felt that such medical equipment only postpones death.

Its philosophy statement on hospice is that it "affirms life and neither hastens nor postpones death."

I shall postpone death again, until after I have disposed of James Oakbrook.

"You can postpone death, but not forever," read Michael.