epitaph

Example Sentences

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In words he shared with teenagers, Prefontaine wrote his own best epitaph: “To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2025

If this ends up being Cronenberg’s last, he’ll have gone out with a worldly, weighty epitaph.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2025

It was his epitaph, and I think it sums up the whole quest for happiness.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2025

Imagine being dealt this terrible hand, and still having that be your epitaph.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023

I wonder who and how as I pick pick pick and try to silence my brain by thinking up Embryo’s epitaph.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven