cremate

Example Sentences

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The bill was so expensive she could not afford to cremate Ozzie after the cat died - so instead she brought her home and buried her in the back garden.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2025

Those who opt to bury or cremate on their own pay a funeral home.

From Slate • Oct. 3, 2024

She has since ended the contract, she said, and We Care has retrieved the ashes for all the pets it hired her to cremate.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2024

When Cheryl Irvin’s 72-year-old husband died at their home near Vancouver from a heart attack Feb. 25, she expected to obtain his death certificate, cremate him and hold a memorial within a week.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2024

If you burn a dead body to ashes, you cremate it.

From The Century Vocabulary Builder by Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris)