funeral
Example Sentences
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Men and women prayed before the funeral, facing the corpses in the hospital compound.
From Barron's
When nationally prominent figures die, members of China’s top leadership and retired party grandees send wreaths and, in certain cases, personally attend the funerals.
At the funeral for one of the last leaders of Kenya's Mau Mau resistance movement on Saturday, his daughter is bitter: he fought to liberate a country that never thanked him.
From Barron's
When I’m making people laugh at my father’s funeral and things like that, I knew I was comfortable being able to take on the material.
From Los Angeles Times
At their funeral, relatives placed soft toys and flowers on the coffins.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
