epitaphs
Example Sentences
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“They’re like little epitaphs for the departed,” Ruscha says.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2024
Even on a chilly day, visitors were weaving through tree-lined pathways to take in epitaphs from artists, philosophers and beloved residents.
From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2024
And so, every New Year's Day the words of Amundsen and Scott, inscribed as epitaphs at the geographic South Pole, are ceremonially moved to the newly measured, precise bottom of the earth.
From Salon • May 29, 2023
Social media erupted with epitaphs to the tiny cub.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2023
It was impossible, of course, to ignore the crosses, and each morning Jerry G. and Horsethief Shorty, occasionally aided by Bernabe Montoya and the state cops, had to uproot a dozen epitaphs.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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