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eulogize

[yoo-luh-jahyz] / ˈju ləˌdʒaɪz /


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Swaths of the book eulogize its demise—in particular, the interactive tour displays and gallery of first lady portraits Jill had taken care to update during her husband’s administration.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

And I was asked to eulogize them because of my closeness with all the family.

From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2023

A funeral service where Al Sharpton and the governor will eulogize her is set for Saturday.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2023

And over the course of an hour, a stream of friends and colleagues stood up at the podium to eulogize Marie.

From Scientific American ● May 4, 2023

“You have your whole life ahead of you to eulogize celebrities.”

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

She eulogizes the emoticon, that conglomeration of punctuation marks that English-language texters used to convey feelings before the arrival in 2010 of the emoji.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Francis will have the final word on Thursday, when he eulogizes Benedict, whom he has praised for his courage in “opening the door” to letting other popes retire.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 1, 2023

Then he arms Indian villagers with guns to fight their colonial oppressors before launching into a lavish song-and-dance number that eulogizes a list of real-life revolutionaries from Indian history.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 12, 2022

Obama eulogizes one of the men who made him possible.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2020

The preface eulogizes the poet’s spiritual nature and his “seraphic purpose of good.”

From Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats by Barnette Miller

The usually composed general broke down in tears as he eulogized his son at the funeral.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

"Every moment of commander Ramiro's life was characterized by his absolute loyalty to the governments of Fidel and Raul and to his struggle companions," Diaz-Canel eulogized.

From Barron's ● Jun. 21, 2026

Thousands of mourners turned out Tuesday for Goldberg-Polin’s funeral in Jerusalem, where he was eulogized by speaker after speaker, including the country’s president, Isaac Herzog, who asked for forgiveness on behalf of the Israeli state.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2024

His remains have since been transferred back to Atlanta where he will be eulogized on Friday.

From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2024

When the crowd at last arrived at City Hall, a brief prayer service was held before speakers from nearly every segment of Durham’s black community eulogized their fallen leader.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Stewart ended his third Monday night broadcast since returning to “The Daily Show” by eulogizing his beloved three-legged pittie mix — tearfully, despite his strongest efforts to dam up that river.

From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2024

The second-worst moment of my life so far was eulogizing, a few days after Oct.

From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2023

While eulogizing his father, the late Gov. Mario Cuomo, Andrew Cuomo referred to Percoco as a brother; the New York press referred to him as his enforcer.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2023

Francis himself will celebrate Benedict’s funeral Mass on Thursday, closing out an unprecedented chapter in the history of the papacy with a reigning pope eulogizing a retired one.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2022

At last, when the eulogist finished eulogizing, the preacher finished preaching, and the organist finished playing heavenly hymns, the preacher asked if anyone would like to say a few words.

From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia


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