Explore Coroner through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like investigator. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Coroner meaning
- A public official who presides over an inquest into unnatural deaths, and who may have (or historically had) additional powers such as investigating cases of treasure trove.
- A medical doctor who performs autopsies and determines time and cause of death from a scientific standpoint.
- The administrative head of a sheading.
Synonyms of Coroner
Using Coroner
- The main meaning on this page is: A public official who presides over an inquest into unnatural deaths, and who may have (or historically had) additional powers such as investigating cases of treasure trove. | A medical doctor who performs autopsies and determines time and cause of death from a scientific standpoint. | The administrative head of a sheading.
- Useful related words include: medical examiner, investigator.
- In the example corpus, coroner often appears in combinations such as: the coroner, county coroner, coroner office.
Context around Coroner
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 17 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Coroner
- In this selection, "coroner" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 30.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, county, assistant, senior, officer, louise and alan stand out and add context to how "coroner" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 18 the coroner said those and a coroner s jury. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "coroner" sits close to words such as hospitalized, mlb and patent, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with coroner
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
An inquest was opened at Plymouth Coroner's Court by assistant coroner Louise Wiltshire. (14 words)
Northumberland’s coroner’s office received eight reported treasure finds in 2022, and senior coroner Andrew Hetherington conducted three treasure inquests. (21 words)
Black Country area coroner Joanne Lees said: ‘The death of Shay Kang was reported to the coroner by West Midlands Police. (21 words)
The Tragicall History of Christopher Marlowe, p.182 It has also been discovered more recently that the apparent absence of a local county coroner to accompany the Coroner of the Queen's Household would, if noticed, have made the inquest null and void. (43 words)
The Coroner’s Act calls for a public inquest into the death of anyone who dies an inmate at a jail or other correctional facility unless the coroner is satisfied the death was entirely due to natural causes and was not preventable. (42 words)
After a two-day inquest at Nottingham Coroner's Court, Coroner Elizabeth Didcock ruled in a short-form conclusion that Ms Rublite died from natural causes, but that the hospital "missed opportunities" to diagnose the bleed on the brain sooner. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
A coroner's jury is generally a body that a coroner can convene on an optional basis in order to increase public confidence in the coroner's finding where there might otherwise be a controversy.
An inquest was opened at Plymouth Coroner's Court by assistant coroner Louise Wiltshire.
Coroner officer, Matt Cave, told Dorset Coroner’s that the group went out for a curry on the evening of June 20, before returning to their individual rooms.
El Paso County coroner Dr. Leon Kelly fills out a reports while autopsy technician Amanda Kuzma works Friday morning, Dec. 4, 2020, at the El Paso County Coroner’s Office in Colorado Springs.
He told coroner Alan Blunsdon that Ms Balogun had previously attempted to take her life on five occasions, with the first time dating back to when she was 18. The coroner said those attempts seemed to be “stress-related”.
Karen Lounten, Northumberland’s manager for the coroner’s service, gave the figures during the annual report of the senior coroner at Thursday’s meeting (August 10) of Northumberland County Council’s Health and Wellbeing Board.
Northumberland’s coroner’s office received eight reported treasure finds in 2022, and senior coroner Andrew Hetherington conducted three treasure inquests.
The coroner responded that she had been given permission to convene an inquest in accordance with the current requirements of Sections 14 and 15 of the Coroner’s System Law of Lagos State, Cap.
After a two-day inquest at Nottingham Coroner's Court, Coroner Elizabeth Didcock ruled in a short-form conclusion that Ms Rublite died from natural causes, but that the hospital "missed opportunities" to diagnose the bleed on the brain sooner.
An initial hearing at Cheshire Coroner’s Court on Wednesday, March 6, confirmed that the inquest would be delayed due to the request of a suspension by a coroner officer.
Assistant coroner Henry Charles, speaking at Coroner’s Court, said: “There was absolutely no evidence that this was intentional on his part.
Black Country area coroner Joanne Lees said: ‘The death of Shay Kang was reported to the coroner by West Midlands Police.
The county coroner position also saw a change, with Republican Allison Howell defeating Dale Roll, a long-time deputy coroner with 67% of the vote.
The Coroner’s Act calls for a public inquest into the death of anyone who dies an inmate at a jail or other correctional facility unless the coroner is satisfied the death was entirely due to natural causes and was not preventable.
The hearing at Poplar Coroner's Court at 10am is expected to be brief, with the coroner likely to adjourn proceedings to allow the police investigation to continue.
The inquest into her death resumed today at Rochdale Coroner's Court, were the coroner was told Shukri was with four other children before she died.
In California, Critics Say Sheriff-Coroner Gig Is A Conflict Of InterestForty-nine of California's 58 counties has a coroner who is also an elected sheriff.
Clark County Coroner The office of the county coroner is responsible for determining the cause and manner of death for all deaths in the county as required under the NRS and local policy.
The police did not telephone the coroner until almost two hours after the discovery of the floating shoe, resulting in a late appearance by the coroner.
The Tragicall History of Christopher Marlowe, p.182 It has also been discovered more recently that the apparent absence of a local county coroner to accompany the Coroner of the Queen's Household would, if noticed, have made the inquest null and void.
Common combinations with coroner
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: