How to Use presumed dead in a Sentence

presumed dead

phrase

• Her body has not been found, and she is presumed dead.
  — Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
• Her body has never been found and she is presumed dead.
  — Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 29 Sep. 2025
• The three others who are dead or presumed dead were guides.
  — Evan Bush, NBC news, 20 Feb. 2026
• Noel is presumed dead, but his remains have not been found.
  — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2025
• The new calf is the mother’s fifth, two of which are dead or presumed dead.
  — Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
• The survivor is now presumed dead.
  — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
• The ninth person was presumed dead.
  — Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Feb. 2026
• The third member of the trio is still missing and presumed dead.
  — Mason Leath, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2025
• The two dragons crash into the lake and the two men are presumed dead.
  — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 1 July 2024
• Due to the human toes found at the scene, Joe is presumed dead.
  — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 9 Feb. 2023
• They were presumed dead and all but one has since been recovered.
  — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 2 May 2024
• Eight people were killed and a ninth person is presumed dead.
  — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
• Two people survived, but most of those on board are presumed dead.
  — Lyna Bentahar, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
• The man is now presumed dead and a search for his body continues, deputies said.
  — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 27 July 2025
• Since then, the bodies of two victims have been found and the rest are presumed dead.
  — Maya Lora, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2024
• Searchers are still looking for five campers and one counselor, who are presumed dead.
  — Harriet Ramos july 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 July 2025
• Noel is presumed dead after an intense search revealed no trace of him.
  — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Aug. 2025
• Two were rescued, and the remaining six were presumed dead the next day.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 6 Apr. 2024
• Back in Ithaca, Odysseus is presumed dead.
  — Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Dec. 2025
• He has not been seen in several years and is presumed dead, but his legacy lives on.
  — Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
• At least one person remains missing but is presumed dead.
  — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 19 Feb. 2026
• Although the couple’s bodies have not been found, they are presumed dead.
  — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
• Several calves born last season are presumed dead – and at least one was killed by a boat strike.
  — Emily Jones, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
• Thousands more are buried under the rubble and presumed dead.
  — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2023
• Their boss was missing and presumed dead, along with 18 others.
  — Laurel Chor, NPR, 21 June 2024
• Only a handful of hostages have been rescued and many of those who remain are presumed dead.
  — Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
• With both of them presumed dead, the couple escapes to a desert land beyond Oz.
  — Patrick Gomez, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Nov. 2025
• All the people were presumed dead, but rescuers didn’t want to wait another day.
  — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 21 Feb. 2026
• His brother, Hossam, has been missing for more than a year and is presumed dead.
  — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2025
• Rescuers had pulled out two workers, but the six were presumed dead after an hourslong search.
  — USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2024