the deceased

noun

formal

: a dead person or dead people

a relative of the deceased

Three of the deceased are being buried today.

Examples of the deceased in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Three of the deceased were earlier identified as Shirley Taylor, 62; Roy Sturgis, 50; and Callie Weems, 23, who had recently become a mom. —

David Matthews, New York Daily News, 25 June 2024 Denise Finger, wife of the deceased, wrote to the Linux Wireless list on Friday evening: This is to notify you that Larry Finger, one of your developers, passed away on June 21st. —

Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 24 June 2024 In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, grieving women generally wore heavy black outfits that included veils and bonnets; sometimes there were necklaces, or bits of jewelry that contained the hair of the deceased. —

Cody Delistraty, The New Yorker, 22 June 2024 Police later found a handgun next to the deceased suspect inside the home. —

Dalia Faheid, CNN, 16 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for the deceased

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