funeral director

Example Sentences

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"He was giving breakdowns of what his actions were - he's got to see the solicitor, he's got to see the funeral director and he's making arrangements," says North.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Despite their efforts, the father of six was pronounced dead that afternoon, with his body collected by the funeral director that evening.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

He’d lost his job as a funeral director and was living out of a van, draining his savings, and now he found himself stranded in the desert.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026

In 2025, the couple—he, a 66-year-old retired funeral director and she, a 64-year-old retired nurse—sold their townhome for $350,000 and bought a house on a half-acre in Greenville for $320,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

We started quiet, but soon exploded, as the kindly funeral director pretended not to listen and our mother just stared at us implacably, through the fog of her own pain.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama