rites
Example Sentences
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In the locker room before a high-school all-star game, I was initiated into the secular rites of the local public-school powerhouse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
It’s not easy to find analogies that can reanimate the importance of burial rites to a modern audience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
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
It made up for missed teenage rites of passage — the senior prom, the homecoming dance, the debutante ball — by doubling down on sentimentality.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
I’ve been listening to burial rites from all over the world.
From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson
