Decease

Examples

• Notwithstanding the lapse of time that had occurred since Mr. Heep's decease, she still wore weeds. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Together with all the _then_ news of Lady Blunt's having produced at length a boy; of Dolly's being well, and of poor good Catharine's decease. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Majestic gloom and tragic pomp attended the decease of wretched humanity. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The third brother, Arthur, had died many years before the decease of Philip, leaving a son and a daughter. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Mr. Gradgrind, apprised of his wife's decease, made an expedition from London, and buried her in a business-like manner. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• While it was being disposed of, she acquainted Mr. Bumble with the old woman's decease. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• I found the wadding of the pistol with which the deceased Mr. Tulkinghorn was shot. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The deceased, you know, says Mr. Snagsby, twitching his head and right eyebrow towards the staircase and tapping his acquaintance on the button. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• And wasn't he well acquainted with the deceased and his ways? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He is understood to be in want of witnesses for the inquest to-morrow who can tell the coroner and jury anything whatever respecting the deceased. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Your ladyship's deceased housemaid was at the top of her profession when she was a thief. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• It was arranged that more witnesses should be summoned, and that the London solicitor of the deceased should be invited to attend. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Likewise she overdid her respect, and all that, for the lamented memory of the deceased Mr. Tulkinghorn. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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