epitaph

Example Sentences

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If we were to assign his TV father an epitaph, he could do a lot worse than the unvarnished speech that closes the first season.

From Salon • Jul. 24, 2025

In words he shared with teenagers, Prefontaine wrote his own best epitaph: “To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2025

If this ends up being Cronenberg’s last, he’ll have gone out with a worldly, weighty epitaph.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2025

But the coming weeks will determine whether it will also be his political epitaph.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2024

It would make a good epitaph for Billy Pilgrim—and for me, too.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut