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Example sentences for: deceased

How can you use “deceased” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

They counted up obituaries and news stories about deaths, noted the ages of the deceased, computed the average, and published the resulting numbers as estimates of gay life expectancy.
The program pays benefits to younger people with disabilities that prevent them from earning a living, and also to surviving spouses and minor children of deceased participants.
At the height of the summer swelter in July and August is O-bon, a colorful and joyous national Buddhist festival honoring the spirits of deceased ancestors.
In the Wall Street Journal , Roger Kimball attacks the recently deceased William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg for their "pretentious, proselytizing pornography ...
Small caveat: Since you do not say just when the deceased shuffled off this mortal coil, check with mutual friends to see just how grief-stricken she is.