Examples of obit in a Sentence
she reads the obits as soon as she gets her morning paper
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Schneider built a shrine to Ross and threw a wake for him in the sauna room of his house that was attended by stars like Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, and Roman Polanski, according to a 2011 Los Angeles times obit for Schneider.
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Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 17 May 2024
Copies of the Monday, May 13, Detroit Free Press, which include the mock obit, may still be available for purchase.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2024
As part of the morbid support of the rapper’s upcoming 12th studio album, the obit shrewdly has quote marks around the subhead that had fans thinking Slim Shady was dropping a hint about the project’s possible lead single.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 14 May 2024
Some social media users are speculating that the rapper hid the title of his first single somewhere in the obit copy.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 14 May 2024
The obit also misidentified the head coach of the Los Angeles Rams whom Chuck Knox replaced in 1973.
—New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024
Manny had brought home local papers after that, the Tampa Bay Times, the Bellingham Herald, which August proceeded to read from front page to obits.
—Camille Bordas, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
The obits are posted on sites that publish a continuous stream of unrelated articles on random topics.
—USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
Like a sportswriter becoming a major league pitcher, or an obit writer opening a mortuary.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 17 May 2024
Copies of the Monday, May 13, Detroit Free Press, which include the mock obit, may still be available for purchase.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2024
As part of the morbid support of the rapper’s upcoming 12th studio album, the obit shrewdly has quote marks around the subhead that had fans thinking Slim Shady was dropping a hint about the project’s possible lead single.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 14 May 2024
Some social media users are speculating that the rapper hid the title of his first single somewhere in the obit copy.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 14 May 2024
The obit also misidentified the head coach of the Los Angeles Rams whom Chuck Knox replaced in 1973.
—New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024
Manny had brought home local papers after that, the Tampa Bay Times, the Bellingham Herald, which August proceeded to read from front page to obits.
—Camille Bordas, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
The obits are posted on sites that publish a continuous stream of unrelated articles on random topics.
—USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
Like a sportswriter becoming a major league pitcher, or an obit writer opening a mortuary.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
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“Obit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/obit. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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