last rites
Example Sentences
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The time has come to read the Phillies their last rites.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2025
“Prayers and the last rites were read, which gave comfort to his family,” the statement said.
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2023
While Umesh's coffin made its way from the airport to Golbazar, his father Laxman and dozens of other villagers prepared for his last rites - collecting piles of wood and hay to start the fire.
From BBC • Nov. 15, 2022
A postmortem examination has been carried out at a hospital and the bodies have been handed over to the family for last rites, senior police officer Prashant Kumar said.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2022
The priest who delivered Holmes’s last rites was found dead on the grounds of his church of mysterious causes.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
