last rites
Example Sentences
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The time has come to read the Phillies their last rites.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2025
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
But when Ruth Wolff, the Institute’s head doctor, refuses to let a priest perform last rites because it would cause “an unpeaceful death,” ignorance amplified by social media turns a medical decision into a maelstrom.
From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2023
While Umesh's coffin made its way from the airport to Golbazar, his father Laxman and dozens of other villagers prepared for his last rites - collecting piles of wood and hay to start the fire.
From BBC • Nov. 15, 2022
The priest who delivered Holmes’s last rites was found dead on the grounds of his church of mysterious causes.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
