the dead
noun
: the state of being dead
—usually used in the phrases rise from the dead or come back from the dead or return from the dead to mean to become alive again after dying
For a moment, I thought that my grandfather had come back from the dead.
They believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead.
Examples of the dead in a Sentence
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But the dead couple had become heroes to many on the tiny, impoverished island of 72,000.
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Nina Burleigh, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 May 2024
Clovis Police Department Police identified the dead women as Samantha Cisneros and Taryn Allen, both 23 years old and from Texico, New Mexico.
—CBS News, 6 May 2024
Among the dead were teachers and students in search of affordable accommodation, and dozens of migrants from other African countries who had moved to Johannesburg seeking work.
—Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 6 May 2024
And because each of these stories takes place in the dead of night, Swift and Jack Antonoff have constructed a nocturnal aesthetic for Midnights, full of bass-heavy midtempo beats and heavily reverbed synths.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 5 May 2024
Karl is a firefighter in Phoenix, and the dead child was identified as Bodhi, the webpage said.
—Austin Mullen, NBC News, 30 Apr. 2024
Yet today, archaeologists often struggle to find physical evidence of the dead from that bloody time period.
—Byandrew Curry, science.org, 2 Apr. 2024
The stairway starts at the dead end of Eleanor Place in Mount Auburn and continues southward in four segments, intersecting Dorsey, Goethe, Seitz and Mulberry Streets.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 6 May 2024
Families, lawyers and rights groups say that the Ukrainian military is simply overloaded with casualties and unable to account for thousands of the dead, adding to the anguish of soldiers’ families.
—Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 5 May 2024
Nina Burleigh, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 May 2024
Clovis Police Department Police identified the dead women as Samantha Cisneros and Taryn Allen, both 23 years old and from Texico, New Mexico.
—CBS News, 6 May 2024
Among the dead were teachers and students in search of affordable accommodation, and dozens of migrants from other African countries who had moved to Johannesburg seeking work.
—Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 6 May 2024
And because each of these stories takes place in the dead of night, Swift and Jack Antonoff have constructed a nocturnal aesthetic for Midnights, full of bass-heavy midtempo beats and heavily reverbed synths.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 5 May 2024
Karl is a firefighter in Phoenix, and the dead child was identified as Bodhi, the webpage said.
—Austin Mullen, NBC News, 30 Apr. 2024
Yet today, archaeologists often struggle to find physical evidence of the dead from that bloody time period.
—Byandrew Curry, science.org, 2 Apr. 2024
The stairway starts at the dead end of Eleanor Place in Mount Auburn and continues southward in four segments, intersecting Dorsey, Goethe, Seitz and Mulberry Streets.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 6 May 2024
Families, lawyers and rights groups say that the Ukrainian military is simply overloaded with casualties and unable to account for thousands of the dead, adding to the anguish of soldiers’ families.
—Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 5 May 2024
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“The dead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20dead. Accessed 12 May. 2024.
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