How to Use the dead in a Sentence

the dead

noun
  • As the group worked, the dead plants piled up at the edge of the stand of trees.
    Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Having the ability to talk to the dead is the way to go.
    Amanda Peukert, SPIN, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Later in the day, services were held to mourn the dead.
    Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
  • There are few places in the world like the Mütter, where the living come to learn from the dead.
    Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
  • What kinds of care are possible for the living and for the dead?
    Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Even the dead, the 19-year-old said, tears streaming down her face, cannot rest in peace in Ukraine.
    Joe Rennison, New York Times, 19 July 2023
  • This includes using it through the ice in the dead of winter.
    David A. Rose, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The craze has prompted long lines outside of Target stores in the dead of night.
    Tribune Content Agency, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
  • When faced with a run like this — Estragon: All the dead voices.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Ditch the dead weight and clutter, and clear a passage forward.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The officer arrived to find the dead lion — a 95-pound female — on the hood of the man’s Jeep.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 3 Oct. 2024
  • When people saw a man being raised from the dead, the news spread like wildfire.
    Lauren Green, Fox News, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Risers, or stacking shelves, can help fill the dead space.
    Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
  • File the callus down until all the dead skin is removed.
    Garrett Munce, Men's Health, 29 Mar. 2023
  • That familiar phrase is found in an order for the burial of the dead.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The city’s hospitals and morgues were overwhelmed, unable to cope with the influx of the dead.
    Sarah Sirgany, CNN, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The drivers of both vehicles were among the dead, and a 2-year-old boy was the only survivor.
    Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Otho takes the lead in holding seances to bring the dead back to life as an entertainment ploy.
    Lisa Stardust, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Then the dead trees will be turned to mulch that will be spread around those still standing on the National Mall.
    Emily Hung, NBC News, 23 Mar. 2024
  • When the trap is full, discard the dead insects into the trash, re-bait, and add water to reuse the trap.
    Rachel Ahrnsen, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Prince Harry’s book is a yawp of grief for the dead which spares little mercy for the living.
    Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Then Christine surrenders to the warm grass and is brought up short by a smudge of pink that is and isn’t the dead Vivian.
    Joanna Biggs, Harper's Magazine, 10 Jan. 2024
  • In some versions of the account, Columba raised the luckless swimmer from the dead.
    Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Details about the dead have been slow to surface, but even the bare facts are harrowing.
    Kyle Rempfer, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Three armed Palestinian groups said six of their fighters were among the dead.
    Harold Maass, The Week, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Her goal is to raise an army of the dead and enslave humanity.
    Sophie Hanson, StyleCaster, 15 July 2024
  • Mail gets sent to the dead all the time — ads, renewal notices, unpaid bills.
    Rob Goyanes, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Birds of prey and other animals will dispose of the dead fish.
    The Enquirer, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Bonded by disaster, Cameron and Gary try to figure out what to do with the dead body.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2023
  • This is key, as stripers often stun their prey then swing around and gobble up the dead and dying bunker fluttering to the bottom.
    Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 17 Oct. 2024

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