If she were truly dead he could find no remorse in his heart.

Was he saying that one or both were not truly dead?

She went on to say that her husband "is truly not dead."

I prayed it was truly dead, but we could not stay to make sure.

You weren't truly dead until you'd died in a motion picture.

But I must be certain my husband is truly dead.

No doubt we's thought to be well and truly dead!

One thing's for sure' your old man's well and truly dead!

Until this moment he had at least allowed himself to hope that his brother was truly dead.

Alone in bed I wondered for the first time whether the girl had been truly dead when we threw her into the river.