Untold numbers have perished along the sandy tracks into town, and at least 60 people die there each day.

The snow had come early, it is true, and great numbers of men had perished from it.

A substantial number of workers perished from hard work and illnesses.

On this journey, a large number of the soldiers, denied food and water by the Japanese, perished.

An unknown number of deportees perished during the process.

People were caught on the open prairie but a short distance from home, and a number of them perished before reaching shelter.

A number of Kes's scientific colleagues had perished in the attack as well.

About half their number perished, resulting in around 2,000 deaths.

A large number of the animals of the island had perished in the first eruption.

The world was plunged into terrible wars, vast numbers of people perished.