pay respects
Example Sentences
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More than 1,000 people from across the Chinese city flocked to the housing complex in Hong Kong's northern Tai Po district to pay respects on Sunday, forming huge queues, an AFP reporter saw.
From Barron's • Nov. 30, 2025
The parade would celebrate the Army and pay respects to the soldiers who gave their lives and fortunes for the nation.
From Salon • Jun. 19, 2025
He recalled going to visit the Woodland cemetery as a child to pay respects to his grandfather and being startled that the etching on the gravestone said “Young” instead of “Fong.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2024
Swansea's players will wear black armbands as they pay respects to James at Huddersfield on Saturday, 20 April, as will their under-21s as they host Bristol City on the same day.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2024
The air inside stayed so cool that when relatives died, the family kept their corpses in the front hallway for days so people could visit and pay respects.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
