reminder of mortality

Example Sentences

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The ashes are delivered with a reminder of mortality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Participants, including the pope, had ashes sprinkled on their heads in the customary reminder of mortality during the service in the Basilica of Santa Sabina on Rome's Aventine Hill.

From Reuters • Feb. 22, 2023

Updating the classical memento mori, a reminder of mortality, the Tennessee artist depicts toys, ornaments and Halloween decorations.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2022

Besides, Capra's movie became a domesticated death's head, its seasonal ubiquity a reminder of mortality.

From The Guardian • Dec. 18, 2010

The only reminder of mortality was a doctor’s brougham arrested in august solitude close to the curbstone. 

From The Secret Agent a Simple Tale by Conrad, Joseph