How to Use funeral in a Sentence

funeral

1 of 2 adjective

• What have the logistics been like for the funeral mass?
  — Steve Knopper, Billboard, 7 Dec. 2023
• On Friday, a funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. at Sts.
  — Dallas News, 15 Oct. 2022
• The Duke and Duchess of Sussex extended their trip to attend the funeral events.
  — Erin Hill, Peoplemag, 20 Apr. 2023
• Waiting in the sun, some dressed in funeral black, mourners stood throughout the day in a line that wrapped around the Wrigley Building to the end of the Plaza of the Americas.
  — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2022
• The dead were carried in a funeral procession in Nablus, wrapped in flags with the Lions’ Den insignia.
  — Isabel Kershner, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Oct. 2022
• One photo on the wall is from the cover of a funeral program for Oliver Griffin.
  — Ian Shapira, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
• It was later converted into one of the first funeral homes in central Phoenix and in the 2000s, housed the Paulina Miller Gallery.
  — Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 27 Apr. 2022
• This week, Morales was repeating the same rhythm of funeral masses, their rituals meant to ease the grief of the survivors.
  — Teo Armus, Washington Post, 2 June 2022
• Fifty years ago Graham Parson’s death and shocking funeral pyre in Joshua Tree forever tied the rock star to the park.
  — Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
• William and Harry also walked in the funeral procession for Prince Philip, who died last year at age 99.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2022
• In one scene, she can be seen in funeral garb standing over Fred's coffin, looking sad at first.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 14 July 2022
• One of those was the funeral scene in season 4 where Susie had to say goodbye to Jackie (Brian Tarantina).
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 May 2023
• That’s why some investors aren’t singing a funeral dirge for active stock picking – just yet.
  — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 25 Oct. 2022
• Perhaps that’s the point, that wrapping up this 40 year franchise after all this time should be more funeral march than fun.
  — Katie Walsh, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2022
• These were not coffin nails, which are usually found intact, and nails weren't used in the construction of the funeral pyre.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 Mar. 2023
• Princess Anne was the only female member of the royal family to take part in the funeral processions for the Queen.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2022
• Politico reported last year that the British government was concerned about the huge influx of crowds to the funeral sites.
  — Claire Parker, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2022
• Some fans on Twitter were comparing it to Dan's funeral speech from BB14.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2022
• Sanders stood between two cars, talking about funeral arrangements, and then began to cross the street.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2022
• Past the church’s wooden doors and row of blue cushion pews, funeral wreaths made up of white roses surrounded a blue and white urn filled with the ashes of 50-year-old Clay Buchanan.
  — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2023
• The lyrics are funeral; the beat is heavily syncopated, recalling the pitch and roll of a great ship in heavy water.
  — Ken Fireman, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2023
• Inside, among the relics and debris are some of the remains of the Eternity At Sea columbarium, which held 30 funeral urns.
  — Jeastman, oregonlive, 29 Mar. 2023
• Her swaddled body was transferred to the hospital morgue to give Ross and McCarthy a few days to make funeral arrangements.
  — CBS News, 25 June 2022
• Under their rules, some people can save up money for a funeral burial but not enough to get housing.
  — Fred Clasen-Kelly, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2023
• Frasure, Chaffins and the police dog, Drago, will be laid to rest after funeral services later this week.
  — Dylan Lovan, ajc, 5 July 2022
• The lid was sculpted in the likeness of the funeral deity, Imsety, who helped protect the deceased's liver after their death.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 27 Aug. 2022
• In Gaza, the bodies of dead children killed in shelling were covered in blankets and carried by their fathers in funeral processions.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2023
• Most of those funeral homes average a bit over 150 funerals per year.
  — Markian Hawryluk, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2022
• For the sake of consistency, funeral homes typically try to have the same embalmer work on a body from beginning to end, Close said.
  — Melissa Chan, NBC News, 14 June 2022
• The couple, Ina and David Steiner, had been subjected to threats and bizarre deliveries, including live spiders, cockroaches, a funeral wreath and a bloody pig mask in August 2019.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2024

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funeral

2 of 2 noun

• His cousin made the funeral arrangements.
• His funeral will be held on Friday.
• Only family attended the funeral.
• The way the main character has a vision of his own funeral and the way that the city is filmed at night.
  — Martin Dale, Variety, 25 Nov. 2023
• Back in the present, the Fishers realize their dad has known since the funeral that the house would be sold but didn’t tell them.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 14 July 2023
• My mother went to a funeral where the woman was laid out in a bed, in her nightgown.
  — Penny Musco, Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2023
• The first public performance of the song was at his funeral.
  — Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
• Last Tuesday, three funerals were held at once for three men killed days apart in the country’s east.
  — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
• Thousands marched through the Jenin camp’s streets on Wednesday for the funeral of the 12 Palestinians.
  — Hadas Gold, CNN, 5 July 2023
• The militants were killed, and the Palestinian group held funerals for two of them.
  — Abby Sewell and Kareem Chehayeb The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2023
• Thousands of fans, both Black and white, turned out for his funeral in Chicago.
  — Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Mar. 2024
• Or would the mice use a mouse funeral procession as a way to launch a surprise attack?
  — Jesse Ball, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
• Mass funerals for the Palestinians killed in the raid drew thousands of mourners.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 6 July 2023
• They were forced to abandon plans for an open-casket funeral, the lawsuit states.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
• As of Monday morning, over $7,000 has been raised for funeral costs.
  — Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2023
• Ray Mason keeps the funeral program for his 19-year-old sister in his car.
  — Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2023
• Other items included a bloody pig mask, a fetal pig, a funeral wreath, and a book about grieving the loss of a spouse.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2024
• To Fox’s knowledge, a funeral for Floyd was never held.
  — Alexandra Duggan, Idaho Statesman, 7 Feb. 2024
• The play is named after the favorite meal of the late church pastor Bernard Jenkins, whose funeral day has arrived.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2024
• An autopsy will be done, the person said, and a funeral could be held as soon as Thursday evening.
  — Arturo Torres and Samantha Schmidt, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2023
• At Matthew’s funeral, Serhii had a walking boot on and used a walker.
  — Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023
• Holzman had a funeral employee drive the hearse into the parking lot, pull out the casket and open it.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
• According to the lawsuit, the victim’s mother came to the school to pick the victim up early to attend a funeral.
  — Christopher Huffaker, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
• One of our brothers decided not to travel to the funeral.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
• On the day of the funeral, three buses of employees came from the hospital to pay their respects to his daughter, Dean said.
  — Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 2 June 2023
• Saria’s funeral is scheduled for Aug. 25 at 10 a.m. in Mount Pleasant, Utah.
  — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 23 Aug. 2023
• Hundreds of men followed the caskets to mosques and open areas for special funeral prayers and then into the hills for burial.
  — Anwarullah Khan and Riaz Khan, Anchorage Daily News, 31 July 2023
• There won’t be a funeral or memorial service of any kind.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2023
• In Gaza, thousands of families have not been able to hold funerals either; instead, many are placed in mass graves.
  — Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024
• Following his death, mourners gathered in Rafah for Abu Taha’s funeral.
  — Astha Rajvanshi, TIME, 2 Apr. 2024

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