How to Use urn in a Sentence

urn

noun

• For now, the Leonards are storing the urn in their garage.
  — J. Staas Haught, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2022
• The urn speaks of the unity of Truth and Beauty; the jar is mute.
  — Christopher Benfey, The New York Review of Books, 20 Apr. 2023
• But of course, by then, the urn is no longer in his window.
  — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
• Place the legs upside down in a tall urn filled with moss.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2022
• In a shrewd metaphor, Tanya can’t even get the urn open herself.
  — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 25 July 2021
• Pry the stem off the larger pumpkin, and place it on an urn.
  — Woman's Day Staff, Woman's Day, 9 Sep. 2019
• Mullen said the Navy has told her the bill was an error and has sent her a new urn.
  — Kiran Dhillon, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2022
• Fill out the front steps with black lanterns, pumpkins, and urns filled with mums.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2023
• The Spanish urn has been sealed in the tomb since around the first century.
  — Henry Austin, NBC News, 19 June 2024
• On the right canoe, the urn with Bowlen’s ashes was placed in the first seat and Guard was in the second seat.
  — Ryan O'Halloran, The Denver Post, 28 July 2019
• The rest will go in an urn, and, Brock said, with her into her grave when her time comes.
  — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2024
• The researchers found the wine in another urn, which was made of glass.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2024
• Next to the urns of coffee and tea are columns of Waffle House cups.
  — al, 17 Nov. 2019
• Horner pulled a small urn from his backpack and began to sob.
  — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
• In the Great Hall, the large urns sit bereft of their usual immense sprays of fresh flowers.
  — Jason Farago, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2020
• A few inches away stood a framed photograph of a dog and, next to this, a squat urn.
  — New York Times, 9 Feb. 2022
• McKnight drove to her sister’s office and showed her the urn.
  — Star Tribune, 2 Oct. 2020
• In the past couple of years Jones put the ashes of both his parents in urns in a modest niche.
  — Bob Morris, Town & Country, 16 Aug. 2017
• Our style was called ram’s head: two swoopy pieces of scrollwork with what looks like an urn in the middle.
  — Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2021
• The grill had been scrubbed, but the coffee urn hadn’t been cleaned and the floor was only partially mopped.
  — Ryan Katz, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2022
• The sight of the urn holding Dante McFallo’s ashes pulled the teens away from their phones.
  — Noelle Crombie, The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, 11 Dec. 2022
• And in the center, the blue cloisonné urn with her son’s ashes.
  — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 July 2021
• Place pumpkins in urns; drape moss around base of each pumpkin.
  — Woman's Day Staff, Woman's Day, 5 Sep. 2019
• The 1-year-old will kiss them and rub on her father’s urn that sits at their house, Faison-Craven said.
  — Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 22 July 2022
• That was because Ivan’s ashes were not in the urn, Street alleges.
  — Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2021
• The pet owner will decide what kind of urn, clay or ink paw prints or fur clippings the choose.
  — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2024
• Turn the area into a fountain with public art in it that sits on the four points where the urns beneath the pedestal stand now.
  — Kevin Litten, NOLA.com, 30 May 2017
• Just then, her mom pulls out an urn of her father's ashes.
  — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 9 Sep. 2021
• Later, the performers take a group snapshot with an urn.
  — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024
• The funds will go toward urns, bracelets, and necklaces to hold her ashes for those who were closest to Gurley, and the family is additionally planning an event to commemorate what would have been her 21st birthday.
  — James Factora, Them, 14 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024