How to Use crematory in a Sentence

crematory

noun
  • The crematory then got in touch with the son, listed as next of kin.
    Steve Burns, ajc, 21 June 2018
  • The first modern crematory was built in the U.S. in 1876.
    Caren Chesler, Popular Mechanics, 1 Mar. 2018
  • As the man drove away, the body rolled out of the open back door of the van on a gurney and came to rest in the crematory’s back parking lot.
    Henri Hollis, ajc, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Then, in the afternoon, the body is sent to a crematory.
    Motoko Rich, The Seattle Times, 1 July 2017
  • The crematory confirmed to the Free Press that the dogs are dead and being sent to the California state lab.
    Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press, 16 June 2021
  • The camp’s crematory worked around the clock to incinerate the hundreds who died every day, the court was told.
    BostonGlobe.com, 20 Dec. 2022
  • In Ahmedabad, at the Vadaj crematory, huge smokestacks pump out black smoke.
    New York Times, 24 Apr. 2021
  • Local crematories are now allowed to work around the clock.
    Chronicle Staff, SFChronicle.com, 24 Apr. 2020
  • These take us from the Port of Oakland to a funeral home and crematory, hitting highways and beaches and public malls along the way.
    Bekah Waalkes, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Today, there are more than 2,100 crematories around the United States, and the cremation resurgence isn’t just about cost.
    Caren Chesler, Popular Mechanics, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Today, there are more than 3,000 crematories around the United States, and the cremation resurgence isn’t just about cost.
    Caren Chesler, Popular Mechanics, 8 Nov. 2019
  • While in Wuhan, the city where the coronavirus first emerged, Ms. Zhang posted videos that showed how the outbreak had overwhelmed a hospital and a crematory.
    New York Times, 25 Aug. 2021
  • In Ahmadabad, at the Vadaj crematory, huge smokestacks pump out black smoke.
    BostonGlobe.com, 24 Apr. 2021
  • At the height of the pandemic, Green-Wood’s crematory burned constantly, 16 to 18 hours daily.
    Karen Heller, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Cemetery administrators have been scrambling to meet the need for burials, and the city’s four crematories are backed up for weeks.
    Alan Feuer, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2020
  • Each body is given a tracking number in order to monitor the body from the funeral home to the crematory and then back again to the family.
    Brian Vitagliano, CNN, 22 Apr. 2020
  • From there, one of Eirene’s crematory partners will cremate the body, and a funeral director who works for Eirene will either drive the ashes to your door or send them via mail.
    New York Times, 3 Feb. 2022
  • The bodies arrived at a large compound that is used as the crematory, its garden lined with hollyhock flowers.
    New York Times, 2 July 2018
  • The pursuit began when officers attempted to stop the man while still in the parking lot of a crematory in Conyers, police spokeswoman Capt.
    Henri Hollis, ajc, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Ervin was eventually provided with the crematory receipt, also obtained by the Free Press, and got in touch with them.
    Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press, 16 June 2021
  • Within several miles stood the gas chambers and crematories of Auschwitz II, Birkenau.
    New York Times, 21 Sep. 2019
  • Barna told me about Green-Wood’s biggest carbon problem: the crematory.
    Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2023
  • And, running on smaller staffs, cemeteries and crematories are scrambling to keep up with demand.
    Chronicle Staff, SFChronicle.com, 24 Apr. 2020
  • Debasish's teenage son had downloaded the music of his uncle's favorite singer into his phone, and Kishore Kumar's voice warbled from the hearse's speakers en route to the crematory.
    Author: John Branch, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Dec. 2017
  • The morgues and crematories in Bergamo and in Ancona, another coronavirus hotspot on the Adriatic coast, are overwhelmed.
    Rachel Schallom, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2020
  • Two staff members and a faculty member certify that the body is complete after it has been dissected, and the crematory staff does a final check.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2023
  • Along with that cemetery, his family owns three funeral homes, a pet crematory and a pet funeral home in Arizona.
    Jen Fifield, azcentral, 27 July 2019
  • With nearly 1,000 deaths recorded in Germany every day in the week before Christmas, a crematory in the eastern state of Saxony operated around the clock, straight through the holiday, to keep up.
    New York Times, 27 Dec. 2020
  • In a crematory retort, prosthetics melt or burn or, in the case of a pacemaker's lthium-ion battery, explode.
    Hayley Campbell, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2018
  • The hearses bearing black and yellow funeral paper flowers crept in a steady stream toward the Dongjiao crematory in eastern Beijing.
    Joy Dong, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2022

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