pallbearer

Example Sentences

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If she is asked to help at a service, she is often the only female pallbearer - but recently, at one funeral, there were four women working.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2023

Kara-Murza had been a friend of Sen. John McCain and was a pallbearer at his 2018 funeral.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2023

When Jim Shoemake died in 2013, Wylie served as a pallbearer at the funeral.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2022

Kara-Murza, who holds both British and Russian citizenship and was a pallbearer at the 2018 funeral of U.S.

From Reuters • Oct. 10, 2022

He was to be a pallbearer at the funeral.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers