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
Colonel Bronnen had come from the capital to pay the last honors to Eberhard.
From On the Heights A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold
None of those high in authority, who had come out to see them give up their lives for their country, were present to pay the last honors to the dead heroes.
From Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 by Stevens, George T.
Every mortal longs for his parade-place, and some earlier living honor than the last honors.
From The Campaner Thal and Other Writings by Jean Paul
Axel arrived three days after, having travelled by extra post, too late to hear the last words of his father, but not too late to render the last honors to his remains.
From Seed-time and Harvest A Novel by Reuter, Fritz
