last rites
Example Sentences
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Today, it’s as though it’s waiting for last rites.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
Her last rites will take place on Monday evening at Shivaji Park in Mumbai city, with full state honours.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
On the journey home from the first World Cup, Eisenbeisser contracted pneumonia and a priest was called to administer the last rites.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
On the morning of Sept. 11, while administering last rites to a firefighter, Judge, 68, was struck by falling debris and died.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 11, 2023
Always before, Jim and I had carried them into the mountains to bury them and to give them their last rites, a prayer over a rough wooden cross of birch twigs and twine.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
