obsequy

Example Sentences

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That knowledge sits uncomfortably with what has come before, not because the leaden language of the scripted obsequies is persuasive, but because the grieving citizens are so real.

From New York Times

Even as his obsequy to Trump increases, Graham's popularity among Republicans in his own state has fallen dramatically after its post-Kavanaugh peak in 2018.

From Salon

I see no spine nor brains in this party of apologists, and obsequies and drooling weaklings.

From New York Times

"Whether derided or praised," the historian Robert Rotberg has written, "he remains an object of calumny, obsequy and inquiry."

From BBC

I can tell you, within hours, how many TV viewers tuned in for the Thatcher obsequies.

From The Guardian