How to Use cremate in a Sentence

cremate

verb
  • He wants to be cremated when he dies.
  • David was cremated in Cancún, and his remains were transported back within four days.
    Mattha Busby, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2024
  • His remains will be taken to a morgue in Lima, cremated and returned to his family in the United States.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2024
  • For those who want to cremate but not bury their pet, the cost is $550.
    Annabelle Williams, Philly.com, 3 July 2018
  • And is the fire the reason that Jack's body was cremated?
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 27 Sep. 2017
  • He was cremated back in March and is housed in a small pine box.
    Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • This is morbid, but is the fact that Jack was cremated have to do with the fire?
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 27 Sep. 2017
  • He will be cremated and put out to sea, which was his love.
    sun-sentinel.com, 18 Aug. 2019
  • Some cremate the remains, some lay them beneath the open sky, and others place them in the ground.
    Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 6 Apr. 2018
  • That body is dead and was taken to be cremated and buried.
    Anna Fifield, Washington Post, 14 May 2018
  • That’s still less than Japan, where 99 percent of the dead are cremated.
    Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 11 Aug. 2017
  • Huey was cremated and brought back home to be with her husband to watch over her.
    orlandosentinel.com, 4 Dec. 2019
  • The friend waited over three days to cremate his mother.
    Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2021
  • The late King will be cremated on October 26, and most Thais will take the day off work.
    Ryan Craggs, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2017
  • The fires raged for two-and-a-half days, cremating most of the 900 bodies that still remain onboard.
    Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 30 May 2018
  • The sherpas also hope to bring back the dead bodies of three mountaineers who were killed in the death zone, and plan to cremate them near the base camp.
    Smriti Rao, Discover Magazine, 19 Apr. 2010
  • The family travelled to Tibet to retrieve and cremate the body in a pyre at base camp.
    Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2022
  • So is their decision to cremate Jackie’s body since the ground is frozen.
    Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2023
  • If a body will be cremated, will the ashes be scattered?
    USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2020
  • The modern-day story sees them cremating one of their own.
    Will Nevin, OregonLive.com, 20 Apr. 2018
  • The Tripathis cremated Sunil a few days after he was found.
    Elizabeth Koh, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Now the hospital is asking the families to sign a form to cremate the deceased.
    Arkansas Online, 10 Apr. 2022
  • The court also overturned a 2014 ruling by a lower court that had ordered the state to cremate the guru.
    Anish Gawande, CNN, 6 July 2017
  • One of those was the practice of cremating the dead, which shows up, along with copper grave goods, at sites from the Great Lakes to Tennessee.
    Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 31 July 2018
  • Because the ground was too hard to be dug up, the team opts to cremate her, though Shauna doesn’t let anyone take Jackie’s clothes.
    Radhika Menon, ELLE, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Gianni's body was cremated and the ashes placed in a gold box.
    Molly Young, GQ, 20 Mar. 2018
  • The unused body parts are cremated and returned to the family at no cost.
    Stephanie Innes, AZCentral.com, 10 June 2019
  • The requirements to bury or cremate the fetal remains was set to take effect Feb. 1.
    Alejandra Matos, Houston Chronicle, 29 Jan. 2018
  • If not, a trip down Death Road, to the wealthy undertaker, who cremates programs.
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
  • In the series, Ludwick claimed that van der Sloot paid him $1,500 to cremate Holloway’s buried remains.
    Gabriella Paiella, The Cut, 15 Mar. 2018

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