Examples of using "умирали" in a sentence and their english translations:
They were dying.
People died by the hundreds.
In some places, people died of hunger.
were far more likely to die during the trial
I didn't want them to die.
When Rafael was studying medicine, he painfully saw how people afflicted by heart diseases died due to lack of adequate medical equipment.
I don't want you to die.
We don't want you to die.