rites

Example Sentences

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Today, it’s as though it’s waiting for last rites.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

This year's rites, drawing worshippers from across the Islamic world including Iran, follow waves of Iranian attacks on targets in Saudi Arabia and its Gulf neighbours.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Communities practiced cremation, traditional burials, skull only depositions, and complex multi stage burial rites, sometimes within the same settlements.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

“Fed up with the rites of spring,” Columbia Spectator, March 23, 1987.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

Only the greenwitches remained, and their magic was limited to saying the old rites for birth and marriage and death.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo