last honors
Example Sentences
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Thus Nazi Germany last week paid last honors to Ernst Udet, World War I ace, once best of the international aerobats, exponent of parachute troops and glider warfare.
From Time Magazine Archive
Physically timid, I endured much pain in winning these last honors.
From David Malcolm by Lloyd, Nelson
Schnetz announced this sorrowful discovery to the dancers, singers, and speakers, with a funereal mien and pathetic earnestness, and summoned them to pay the last honors to the deceased.
From In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. by Heyse, Paul
It was a great relief to him that General De Bougy arrived toward evening to pay the last honors to his deceased nephew.
From Harper's Young People, December 30, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
His image was carried with great solemnity to a tomb, which served the purpose of rendering him the last honors.
