pallbearer

Example Sentences

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After giving a statement to the deputies that morning, Pope arrived at his sister’s funeral, where he was supposed to be a pallbearer, just as everyone was leaving.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2025

Hannah said one of the rooms they used was where a pallbearer would "lower the coffins down before they would be cremated... obviously they don’t use it any more".

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2024

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

From Reuters • Apr. 6, 2023

Pickett’s young son, D’Vonne Pickett III, walked onto the stage with a pallbearer.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2022

Now here I was, by myself, coming back from being a pallbearer at a funeral of a girl around my age who had no idea she was going to go.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds