How to Use the deceased in a Sentence

the deceased

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• A long time ago, both of them were in love with the widow of the deceased.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 20 July 2023
• The name of the deceased girl was not released by police.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2024
• This haunts me, too, one man grappling with the deceased bulk of the other.
  — Erik Hedegaard, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2024
• All three of the deceased were declared dead at the scene, though a cause of death has not yet been released.
  — Timothy Nerozzi, Fox News, 25 July 2023
• All the actors were in contact with the survivors and the families of the deceased.
  — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2023
• Wouldn’t the family of the deceased mouse/human raise a fuss?
  — Jesse Ball, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
• In a press release, the agency said the deceased is Christopher Louis Dumesle, 19.
  — Silas Morgan, Orlando Sentinel, 15 July 2024
• Among the deceased were 24 children and 42 women, the ministry said.
  — Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2024
• The Joint Task Force North said that the names of the deceased will not be released until the next of kin have been notified.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2024
• The picture in the post shows a sculpture of the deceased former president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez.
  — Isabel C. Morales, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2024
• In this moving book, Chung explores the idea that mourning the deceased is a way of keeping them alive.
  — Qian Julie Wang, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2023
• Hagerty adds that such stories keep us in touch with the memory of the deceased.
  — John Baldoni, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
• Archaeologists say the bed may have been used to carry the deceased to the grave.
  — Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2024
• In the season two finale of The Afterparty, viewers learn two things about the killer and one about the deceased, Edgar, the groom.
  — Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2023
• The animals may have been buried to recreate the gardens for the deceased in the afterlife.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2023
• The 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit has not released the name of the deceased or the names of those injured.
  — Ashley Ahn, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
• For Catholics, the point is to pray for the deceased’s soul — and at the subsequent reception, to reminisce.
  — Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 20 Feb. 2024
• Ashes floating on the Lahaina winds still carry the remains of the deceased.
  — Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Aug. 2023
• Names of the deceased will be released soon, officials said.
  — George Petras, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2023
• The identities of the other Americans have not yet been made public, and the names of the deceased have not yet been released.
  — Ana Faguy, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
• Police did not list a cause of death for the deceased and did not release a possible motive.
  — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 7 June 2024
• Brad Duncan, the son of the deceased, allegedly entered the service armed, and tried to force his ex-wife outside.
  — Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 5 Apr. 2024
• In the remaining graves, the deceased person was simply buried.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2024
• That shows consideration for those who will mourn the loss of the deceased, and gives them a chance to show respect and support for the bereaved.
  — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2024
• Police later found a handgun next to the deceased suspect inside the home.
  — Dalia Faheid, CNN, 16 June 2024
• The prime suspect for the city’s Homicide Group is Maje, the dead man’s Maje, young and kind widow to whom the deceased had been married for less than a year.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 21 Sep. 2024
• The sheriff's office said that the deceased included one woman and four men.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 26 Oct. 2023
• The project was announced to fans of the deceased rapper on social media hours before its release.
  — Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 4 Oct. 2024
• However, the next day, Moore’s roommates found the deceased infant wrapped in a towel in the bathroom trash bin, according to the release.
  — Sean Neumann, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
• Before this, during the Roman period, the deceased were placed on their backs in wooden enclosures.
  — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 17 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024