pallbearer

Example Sentences

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Four pallbearers carried Baroness Boothroyd's coffin, adorned with a white floral tribute, into the stone church as organ music played.

From BBC

Community protest was swift; petitions circulated, and a media savvy march included musician pallbearers parading a coffin inscribed “RIP Dublin.”

From New York Times

Eight pallbearers who carried Queen Elizabeth II's coffin at her funeral are among those to be recognised in a special honours list.

From BBC

As a seminarian, he volunteered as a pallbearer, and as a young minister, he shadowed a mortician friend at work.

From Seattle Times

KABUL, Afghanistan — One by one they brought the girls up the steep hill, shrouded bodies covered in a ceremonial prayer cloth, the pallbearers staring into the distance.

From New York Times