| 1. | What he desires is to absorb as many lives as he can, and he has laid himself out to achieve it in a cumulative way. - from Dracula by Bram Stoker |
| 2. | Strychnine is, in a certain sense, a cumulative poison, but it would be quite impossible for it to result in sudden death in this way. - from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie |
| 3. | "I believe," continued Lawrence, "that there have been cases where the cumulative effect of a drug, administered for some time, has ended by causing death. - from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie |