Deceased

Examples

• 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.
• He bore an animosity towards the deceased gentleman. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• There was Krook, deceased; there was Nimrod, deceased; and there was Jo, deceased; and they were all in it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• As ill-luck would have it, Mr. Candy, sitting opposite (who knew nothing of the deceased gentleman), heard her. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Talking of her deceased husband perpetually, this good lady never mentioned to strangers that he WAS deceased. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Arthur, not being in the mood to extol the memory of the deceased, was silent. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Our deceased friend always knew what he was about, I think, said Mr. Standish. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The first letter of the name of the deceased,' replied Pell. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I know the man, and know him to have been in communication with Bucket before, respecting a deceased person who had given him offence. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

Edited by Blair