How to Use death certificate in a Sentence

death certificate

noun

• The papers were copies of his 16-year-old son’s death certificate.
  — Anna Clark, ProPublica, 14 May 2023
• Rachel seems to have died; the museum has yet to find a death certificate.
  — Ismail Ibrahim, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2024
• The role that heat plays in a person’s death is hard to capture on a death certificate, Skarha said.
  — Zaeem Shaikh, Dallas News, 31 July 2023
• Her death certificate listed the cause of death as a heart attack.
  — Dave Altimari and Jenna Carlesso, Hartford Courant, 13 Feb. 2023
• The death certificate lists leukemia and cardiac arrest as the causes of Williams’ death.
  — Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 9 July 2024
• His death certificate listed the cause as a heart attack, but the doctor who signed it was the husband of one of his cousins.
  — David Owen, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2024
• And a fake death certificate started making the rounds.
  — Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 10 Apr. 2023
• The death certificate lists Bonin’s cause of death as end-stage renal disease.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2023
• But Anna Cain’s death certificate shows that the time and date Bickle cited were wrong.
  — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2024
• The manner of Mitchell’s death was ruled a homicide, according to his death certificate.
  — Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
• The coroner statement on the death certificate is not a result of an autopsy.
  — Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
• The Quinto family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the county and is seeking to change the cause of death on his death certificate.
  — Samantha Young, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
• Suzanne Somers’ died of breast cancer with metastasis to the brain, according to her death certificate obtained by the Blast.
  — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2023
• The death certificate was registered by her first husband, John Reynolds, in London, the reports said.
  — Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 29 July 2024
• The GoFundMe states Barry’s death certificate cites cardiac issues as his cause of death.
  — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 25 May 2023
• Heat may not show up on a death certificate even if high temperatures played a role in causing a person's death.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 13 July 2024
• Simpson's death certificate lists his cause of death as prostate cancer, according to his lawyer.
  — Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
• Megan Parra's death certificate now lists her manner of death as homicide.
  — David Begnaud, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2024
• The court will likely require a death certificate as evidence to verify the claim.
  — Christian Dashiell, Parents, 29 July 2024
• Billy Kelley said the coroner’s office told him that in order to get a death certificate and claim his brother’s body, the family would have to pay $500.
  — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2024
• He's officially considered lost at sea, which is the same as a death certificate.
  — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 3 June 2023
• Mack McCormick's copy of Robert Johnson's death certificate.
  — David Kirby, WSJ, 30 June 2023
• The singer-songwriter and keyboardist died of a stroke, with a secondary cause of death listed as cancer, according to her death certificate, which was obtained by The Blast.
  — Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2023
• The star died of a stroke, with a secondary cause of death listed as cancer, according to her death certificate obtained by People and first reported by The Blast.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 6 Apr. 2023
• The cause listed on her death certificate was acute coronary occlusion.
  — Elaine Louie, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2023
• Webster died that night, with acute gastrointestinal illness being named on her death certificate as the cause.
  — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
• Jones has no fetal death certificate, though Texas requires that one be completed within five days of a stillbirth.
  — Irena Hwang, ProPublica, 2 July 2024
• The Morrises had repeatedly attempted to straighten out the matter and had even sent copies of the death certificate to the company.
  — Sean P. Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
• In Indiana, the gestational age at which a fetus would receive a death certificate is 20 weeks.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 7 Jan. 2024
• Anderson was shot in the head, according to a death certificate provided to NBC News by her family.
  — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 20 June 2023

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024