How to Use the deceased in a Sentence

the deceased

noun
  • Rex was among the deceased dogs.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Among the deceased were six close friends and three guides.
    — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 22 Feb. 2026
  • The name of the deceased has not yet been confirmed.
    — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 18 May 2026
  • The names of the deceased were not released.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
  • If the deceased agrees, the two parties are then able to meet.
    — Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Hamas has turned over the living hostages and more than half of the deceased.
    — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
  • A long time ago, both of them were in love with the widow of the deceased.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 20 July 2023
  • None of the deceased are children.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2025
  • The return of all the hostages — the living and the deceased.
    — Nbc News, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2025
  • This haunts me, too, one man grappling with the deceased bulk of the other.
    — Erik Hedegaard, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2024
  • If the idea of dining near the deceased feels macabre, rest assured this place feels very much alive.
    — Diana Hubbell, Saveur, 16 Oct. 2025
  • This is because the debt was never solely tied to the deceased spouse.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 18 June 2026
  • 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
  • But the cemeteries where the deceased soldiers are buried are not to be missed.
    — Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Four of the deceased were passengers, while the other two on board were flight crew.
    — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Four of the deceased were passengers, while the other two on board were flight crew.
    — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Those things meant something to both the deceased parent and the sibling.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2026
  • At a funeral, no one likes to hear bad things of the deceased (at least publicly).
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Wouldn’t the family of the deceased mouse/human raise a fuss?
    — Jesse Ball, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Photos of the deceased were left up, Kaufman siad.
    — Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The identity of the deceased man has not been released.
    — Chronicle Staff, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The identity of the deceased has not yet been released.
    — Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 17 June 2026
  • Officials have not released the name of the deceased.
    — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Hagerty adds that such stories keep us in touch with the memory of the deceased.
    — John Baldoni, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The names of the deceased will not be released until the next of kin have been notified.
    — Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2025
  • If a child dies, the parents cannot follow the deceased child into the cemetery.
    — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
  • The identity of the deceased victim has not been released at this time.
    — Jillian Frankel, People.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The surviving spouse must have been legally married to the deceased spouse at the time of death.
    — Ashley Case, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
  • The police have been in contact with the family of the deceased.
    — Chloe Rosen, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The source did not identify the deceased victim.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025

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