How to Use the deceased in a Sentence

the deceased

noun

• 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
• 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
• The identity of the deceased has not yet been released.
  — Bonny Chu , Pilar Arias, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2025
• The surviving spouse must have been legally married to the deceased spouse at the time of death.
  — Ashley Case, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
• 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 Canyon County Coroner’s Office has not yet released the name of the deceased.
  — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 19 Feb. 2025
• The kidnapping claim turned out to be a false call placed by the deceased's son, the Sheriff's Office said.
  — Karen Bartunek, The Arizona Republic, 30 Oct. 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
• Heartbroken, the family of the deceased could not take in the cat, which gave Tugaw the green light to adopt her.
  — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
• 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
• However, the Police have not yet shared the identity of the deceased at this time.
  — Escher Walcott, People.com, 29 Mar. 2025
• 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
• Ants and bees dispose of the deceased from their colonies, for instance, while fruit flies avoid corpses (and shun flies that have seen corpses themselves).
  — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 23 May 2025
• Ashes floating on the Lahaina winds still carry the remains of the deceased.
  — Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Aug. 2023
• Police identified the deceased as 58-year-old Shawn Patrick Hood of Lenoir.
  — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 1 June 2025
• Names of the deceased will be released soon, officials said.
  — George Petras, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2023
• Finally, a coffin was carried from the morgue and placed on the roof of a minivan, which had a photograph of the deceased fixed to the front bumper.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
• 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