last rites
Example Sentences
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After days of searching shelters and mortuaries, relatives of some of the missing lost hope and began conducting last rites.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
The Patel family waited another month before they could cremate her remains, postponing Ashok's last rites so they could be done together.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Today, it’s as though it’s waiting for last rites.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
“Prayers and the last rites were read, which gave comfort to his family,” the statement said.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 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
