last rites
Example Sentences
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On the journey home from the first World Cup, Eisenbeisser contracted pneumonia and a priest was called to administer the last rites.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
They are also trying to build consensus around subjects such as the last rites of repatriated remains.
From BBC • Nov. 18, 2024
On the morning of Sept. 11, while administering last rites to a firefighter, Judge, 68, was struck by falling debris and died.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 11, 2023
Later, he visited Ms. Clancy in her hospital room while she was still unconscious and delivered the sacrament of anointing of the sick, which is sometimes known as last rites.
From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2023
Always before, Jim and I had carried them into the mountains to bury them and to give them their last rites, a prayer over a rough wooden cross of birch twigs and twine.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
