How to Use funeral director in a Sentence

funeral director

noun

• The funeral director held the door for them on their way out.
  — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 10 June 2020
• The health department dropped off a swab for the funeral director, who swabbed the body.
  — Rory Linnane, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2020
• The other is a funeral director who is a good man but who doesn’t set her ablaze.
  — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2021
• The film tells the tale of an ex-con funeral director who has a chance meeting with an orphaned girl.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 26 June 2022
• As the service drew to a close, Gorham approached the funeral director.
  — Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com, 5 Aug. 2021
• Then Greenebaum, a funeral director in a nearby city, reached out to the rabbi.
  — Holly Yan, CNN, 8 July 2022
• The third white box, sealed tightly shut, contained the rest of the baby’s remains, the funeral director told her.
  — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 10 June 2020
• The funeral director led me into the empty chapel: the coffin was on a bier near a door, where, on the other side, the hearse was parked and waiting.
  — David Gilbert, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2020
• At one point, the funeral director even kept the lights off in the chapel to discourage people from coming in.
  — cincinnati.com, 10 Dec. 2020
• Gustin, the funeral director, says it’s never her role to judge.
  — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2021
• Aimee Stephens, a transgender funeral director, died a month before the high court ruled in the case.
  — John Fritze, USA Today, 1 June 2021
• Wearing a black suit, a white tie, and white gloves, Burson, 6, worked alongside the funeral director and rode in the passenger side of the hearse.
  — Nicole S. Daniel | The Birmingham Times, al, 11 Feb. 2023
• Since 1974, he’s been a funeral director in the town of Milford, Michigan.
  — Thomas Lynch, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2022
• Her grandmother, Shirley Drew Jones, was the first woman to be a licensed funeral director in the state.
  — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 10 Sep. 2022
• No one knows better than a funeral director that life is short.
  — CBS News, 14 June 2019
• The funeral home had a dress code that required male funeral directors to wear pant suits and women to wear skirt suits.
  — Kathryn Vasel, CNN, 14 June 2019
• Only later was there a meeting in which the funeral director told the family that there had been a mix-up, the complaint states.
  — Ronn Blitzer, Fox News, 28 July 2022
• The latest surge in deaths has overwhelmed even a funeral director who has spent four decades laying people to rest.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2020
• Next the funeral director makes a small incision near the clavicle, to access the jugular vein and carotid artery.
  — Mark Evely, The Conversation, 15 Sep. 2020
• Before the two stainless steel caskets were closed for eternity the funeral director had a final mission, the last thing to do for the strangers who had become part of her life.
  — oregonlive, 13 Nov. 2019
• Some are pets, and Jackson sometimes shows the compassion of a funeral director.
  — Byron McCauley, Cincinnati.com, 20 June 2019
• 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
• One of three suits involved in that case was brought by Aimee Stephens, a transgender woman who worked as a funeral director in Livonia, Michigan.
  — Dan Avery, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2020
• As part of the rule, funeral directors must give consumers price information over the phone if it is requested.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2024
• As a teenager, Jolie planned to become either a model or a funeral director.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2021
• Tony Hendricks, chief operating officer and funeral director at Lewis, said he’s been blessed to work with Bryant for the past 28 years.
  — Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 17 Aug. 2020
• The man made his last ride to the cemetery — ashes ferried on the funeral director's Harley — alongside a procession of other riders.
  — Rachel Hutton, Star Tribune, 18 Dec. 2020
• One of the cases involves Aimee Stephens, a funeral director fired, in essence, for being a transgender woman.
  — Amber Heard, Teen Vogue, 24 Oct. 2019
• In the main lobby, Chris Kasler, who is fifty-four, the son and grandson of funeral directors, sat at a plastic folding table covered in death certificates.
  — The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2020
• Aimee Stephens transitioned from male to female identity and was fired from her job as a funeral director.
  — Morgan Marietta, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2019

Last Updated: 28 May 2024