How to Use deceased in a Sentence

deceased

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• Deputies checked the rest of the house and found Kyle May, 20, of Princeton, dead along with a deceased cat.
  — Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 12 Feb. 2024
• Her mom was in the show at the beginning and is now deceased.
  — Kelly Wilkinson, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Apr. 2023
• Mogen and Goncalves, who were best friends, were found deceased in the same bed.
  — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 28 Dec. 2023
• There is no threat to the public as our suspect is deceased.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 5 May 2023
• The other adult male was found deceased in a back bedroom.
  — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 9 Feb. 2024
• One person was pronounced deceased at the scene, the spokesperson added.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024
• While the scene remains active as the campus is cleared, the suspect is deceased.
  — Neal Riley, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2023
• Mills was not using a seat belt at the time of the crash and was pronounced deceased at the scene, according to troopers.
  — Kent Faulk | , al, 16 July 2023
• Her now deceased father was the impetus to naming the project.
  — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 8 Dec. 2023
• The woman also confirmed that Headley had an uncle, now deceased, who lived in Huntsville in the 1990s.
  — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2023
• The body of a deceased worker remains trapped in the debris, officials said.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 19 Apr. 2023
• The three deceased victims all taught at the university.
  — Lewis Kamb, NBC News, 9 Dec. 2023
• Morales plays the titular deceased Zoe, whose specter shapes the narrative.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 6 Mar. 2024
• Two of his four children, son Beau and daughter Naomi, are deceased.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2023
• The most straight forward option would be to dispose of a deceased animal with the household waste.
  — Eric Tourigny, CNN, 3 Apr. 2023
• Fast forward 45 years, and Ethan is deceased, and Kurt has dementia.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 9 Apr. 2023
• With only a small supply of snacks on board, the survivors had no choice but to eat the flesh of their deceased friends and relatives to avoid starving to death.
  — Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 8 Feb. 2024
• Humphrey confirmed that the shooter — who has not been identified — is now deceased.
  — Corin Cesaric, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2023
• Tennessee, home of country music, was one of the first states to grant a deceased person’s estate the rights to their image.
  — Emilia David, The Verge, 21 Sep. 2023
• Police responded to a reported shooting at the scene and found a deceased man in his mid-20s on the ground with gunshot wounds.
  — Dan Carson, Chron, 31 Mar. 2023
• Lynyrd Skynyrd is still on the road, despite all its founding members now being deceased.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2023
• The other trailer overturned on top of my deceased sister.
  — Kristin M. Hall, arkansasonline.com, 11 Dec. 2023
• Instead, the wishbone would be removed from deceased chickens and laid out in the sun, where Etruscans would approach and touch it, making a wish in the process.
  — Rebecca Norris, Country Living, 29 Aug. 2023
• The bodies of 12 deceased hostages have also been recovered.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2024
• Inside the house, the fire units found one dead person at the front and one dead person at the rear of the building, along with an infant and a child who were also deceased, Scoggins said.
  — Mitchell McCluskey, CNN, 3 Sep. 2023
• The former is a conversation, in song, with his deceased father.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Sep. 2023
• If deceased people are owed funds, the person appointed to handle the estate can file a claim on their behalf.
  — Melanie Laughman, The Enquirer, 19 Apr. 2023
• They were later discovered to be deceased inside the home, Lemma said.
  — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 23 Oct. 2023
• In one, a young girl named Chloe from a Chocobo farm wants Cloud and Aerith to gather ingredients to create a flower crown, as her deceased mom used to make them.
  — George Yang, PCMAG, 7 Feb. 2024
• Tellez's deceased father, Robert Morlet, was also a freight truck driver.
  — Paula Soria, The Arizona Republic, 31 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024