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

Shawn Charlwood, chairman of the British Dental Association's general dental practice committee, said the report "reads like the last rites for NHS dentistry" and that "patients and this profession deserve some honesty here".

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2023

On the morning of Sept. 11, while administering last rites to a firefighter, Judge, 68, was struck by falling debris and died.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 11, 2023

But when Ruth Wolff, the Institute’s head doctor, refuses to let a priest perform last rites because it would cause “an unpeaceful death,” ignorance amplified by social media turns a medical decision into a maelstrom.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2023

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