How to Use obit in a Sentence

obit

noun

• For the obit, published in the New York Times, go here.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 19 Oct. 2023
• And now there’s a need for speed: The obit that comes out first, or at least fast, can win the day.
  — Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2021
• Here is a good bio/obit on him with quotes from colleagues.
  — Jim Varsallone, miamiherald, 16 Dec. 2017
• Dad is a special man who wrote this obit in the first person.
  — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 10 Apr. 2018
• And yet, the ratio of dive-bar listicles to dive-bar obits must be about 10 to 1.
  — Tim Carman, ajc, 7 May 2017
• The organ donor saved and enriched four lives after his death, the obit said.
  — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 15 June 2017
• Clay Risen, of the Times, has written an excellent obit of him, here.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 17 Jan. 2022
• More than one obit of Hilde Zadek began with the story of her debut.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 26 July 2019
• Andy had four grandchildren at his time of death, his obit read.
  — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 7 Oct. 2020
• An artist's history at the AMAs is rarely mentioned in obits.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 12 Nov. 2019
• But the finer points of the Slay obit were less a resume than a catalog of whimsy.
  — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2023
• Howlett knows people may fret about getting an obit just right.
  — USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2020
• According to the obit, a private service will be held in the near future.
  — Karen Bliss, Billboard, 9 Mar. 2019
• More from the obit: The boy was a poor student and was once given nine strokes on the backside for throwing snowballs at the school clock.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 Apr. 2022
• And what struck me was her official obit was three paragraphs, a 74 year old life wrapped up in just 60 words.
  — oregonlive, 1 Mar. 2021
• In a Times obit, the opening paragraph seeks to capture what is important to know about the deceased: the essence.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 15 Feb. 2023
• The Moody Blues, as the obit explains, got the reputation of a thinking person’s rock band.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 15 Nov. 2021
• Postscript In college, my very first journalism job was on the obits desk.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 17 Mar. 2020
• Earlier this week, thousands of readers were blown away by an obit that did just that and then some.
  — NBC News, 21 Sep. 2019
• Along with his father, Garcia opened a grocery store in Hyde Park, according to the obit.
  — Marcela García, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023
• So the Times published Duncan’s obit in 2016 - seven years after his death.
  — Paul Farhi, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Nov. 2021
• After a few more people share their obits, the group breaks for another round of writing.
  — Liz Mayes, Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2019
• To write an obit like this, narrow in on your clearest memories.
  — NBC News, 21 Sep. 2019
• Berman’s son, Sean, confirmed that an obit is being written.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2022
• Burial will be at the convenience of the family in Cheshire Hillside Cemetery, the obit said.
  — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 17 May 2017
• That is why Ellis Ray's survivors made that distinction in his obit.
  — Southern Living, 1 May 2017
• The defeats that followed Watergate in the late 1970s, for instance, prompted obits across the mainstream press.
  — Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 13 Feb. 2020
• The obit also described a young man who enjoyed playing his Xbox and singing bass for a local college choral group.
  — Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2019
• Hughes is survived by three children and two grandchildren, the obit said.
  — Michelle Watson, CNN, 11 Dec. 2022
• The now-private obit shares Haight's accomplishments, with no mention of the murders.
  — Laura Barcella, Peoplemag, 18 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024