ashes

Example Sentences

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Glatt, who wears a bracelet containing some of Dena’s ashes “so she’ll always be with me,” unsurprisingly was emotional after the Santa Anita Derby last month.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026

A group of grandmothers formed an unlikely friendship with a pro wrestler during an emotional trip to Las Vegas to scatter a late husband's ashes.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Then too, she has her mother’s ashes in storage, next to a vintage Pee-wee Herman doll in its original packaging.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

One customer loved Damburger so much that his family asked after his death if they could spread some of his ashes in the restaurant’s flower beds.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

A woman poured ashes into a mortar and pounded them as she called the names of Vatete's relatives who lived too far away to attend the funeral.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer