epitaph

Example Sentences

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When Dombrowski signed shortstop Trea Turner to a $300 million contract in 2022, he explained his decision by delivering the quote that could double as his epitaph.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 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

On the headstone marking his grave, the epitaph simply read “The Butler.”

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2024

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