ashes
Example Sentences
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In March 2024, police found their son's body, still at the funeral home, and the family were told the ashes were not Sunny's.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
Thirty-five bodies and half a tonne of human ashes were discovered at Legacy's premises by officers in March 2024.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
Michael Gittins travelled on the final service with his wife Lucy as they scattered her late father's ashes in the river.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
Martínez had the man’s body cremated, and stored the ashes in a wooden niche in the shelter’s small chapel.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
Staggering now with weariness, he collected some stones and put them in the ashes, then laid over them the two torches he and Jonn had carried through the Mountain.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.