Below you will find example sentences with "missing persons". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Missing Persons in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: missing
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 14
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 26.4 words

Words in this phrase

missing persons

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • missing can mean: present participle and gerund of miss Frequent word
  • persons can mean: plural of person, used to refer to them individually, rather than as a group; contrast people Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 2 start, 12 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

2020 a missing persons report was 1× families of missing persons 1× file a missing persons report on 1× first 48 missing persons showing as 1× happily some missing persons do come 1× have a missing persons list with 1× hostages and missing persons 1× in a missing persons case is 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

and now they 1× goertzen said to 1× government officials and 1× happily some missing 1× her case is 1× her crisis management 1×

Common sentence endings:

26 years old 1× about missing children 1× and missing persons 1× and murder cases 1× at wascana place 1× cases this year 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

case 6× police 5× report 5× cases 4× person 4× officials 2× families 2× long 2× list 2× few 2× unit 2× national 2×

Related phrases

went missing reported missing displaced persons missing person accused persons avoid missing

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around missing:

went missing 20× reported missing 20× missing person 18×

Just before it in the phrase index:

missing person missile systems missile submarines missile defense miss world miss universe

Just after it in the phrase index:

mission impossible mission pack mission san mississippi delta mississippi river missouri department

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

missing person

Same ending:

displaced persons accused persons

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "missing persons" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 26.4 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 2020 a missing persons report was, families of missing persons, case, police and report stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with went missing, reported missing, displaced persons, went missing, reported missing and missing person, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with missing persons

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Officers from the south London missing persons unit have carried out extensive enquiries. (13 words)

Her case is the largest and most complex missing persons inquiry in North Yorkshire Police's history. (17 words)

Government officials and families of long-term missing persons marked the start of Missing Persons Week in Saskatchewan at Wascana Place. (21 words)

Longer example sentences

Speaking at a press conference today, the police said: “On the 30th of April 2020, a missing persons report was made to police by the mother of missing person, Chavelle Dillon-Burgess, who is 26-years-old. (37 words)

The Chicago Police Department even collaborated with the network A&E on a show called “The First 48: Missing Persons,” showing (as research confirms) those crucial early hours can make or break a missing person case. (36 words)

When it comes to missing people younger than 21, authorities are required by to report every missing persons case to the National Crime Information Center, even if they left of their own accord. (33 words)

Example sentences (20)

Government officials and families of long-term missing persons marked the start of Missing Persons Week in Saskatchewan at Wascana Place.

Happily, some missing persons do come home, but sadly, several of the persons from the list are still mysteriously gone, and if a few cases, were confirmed deceased.

Goertzen said to improve responses when a person goes missing, the province is putting $2.1 million from the 2023 budget to create a Manitoba Integrated Missing Persons Response unit.

The central missing persons case evokes the emerging stranger danger hysteria that would grip parents of latchkey kids, thanks to national news stories about missing children.

The Chicago Police Department even collaborated with the network A&E on a show called “The First 48: Missing Persons,” showing (as research confirms) those crucial early hours can make or break a missing person case.

When it comes to missing people younger than 21, authorities are required by to report every missing persons case to the National Crime Information Center, even if they left of their own accord.

So in 2016, more than 30 years after Denise Beaudin went missing, New Hampshire authorities opened a missing persons case for the first.

Speaking at a press conference today, the police said: “On the 30th of April 2020, a missing persons report was made to police by the mother of missing person, Chavelle Dillon-Burgess, who is 26-years-old.

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His mother had tried to report him missing, but was told she couldn't file a missing persons report on an adult.

The best way one can assist them in a missing persons case is to report the missing person at your nearest police station immediately.

At least 63 are now dead from a Northern California wildfire, and officials say they have a missing persons list with 631 names on it in an ever-evolving accounting of the missing.

Knowing what has happened to a missing relative can often make it easier to proceed with the grieving process and move on with life for families of missing persons.

And now they have really appointed a large number of committees to go into the missing persons and they are hoping to clear a few thousand cases this year.

But when the woman she’s been watching disappears, Rachel becomes entangled in a missing persons investigation that promises to send shockwaves through her life.

Her case is the largest and most complex missing persons inquiry in North Yorkshire Police's history.

Her crisis management team includes several others who have close ties to missing persons cases, including Gabrielle Walsh’s Lacey Quinn — who was also abducted by the same man who kidnapped Gabi.

Humans are fascinated by mysteries, whether they’re unsolved crimes, lost treasures, missing persons, vanished civilizations, or strange sounds from outer space.

Investigators were seen searching the Kansas property where notorious BTK serial killer Dennis Rader once lived in connection to long-unsolved missing persons and murder cases.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed a retired general, Gal Hirsch, as Israel’s coordinator on hostages and missing persons.

Officers from the south London missing persons unit have carried out extensive enquiries.

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