epitaph

Example Sentences

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Despite all this Mr Varvill's own epitaph for the business overshadows technological milestones.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 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

Imagine being dealt this terrible hand, and still having that be your epitaph.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023

That’s not meant in a nice way; but could there be a better epitaph for a rhetorician?

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith