How to Use deceased in a Sentence

deceased

adjective
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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
  • The website also offers the option to stop mail that is being sent to someone who is deceased or a dependent who is in your care.
    — Rebecca Clarke, Treehugger, 25 July 2023

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