How to Use casket in a Sentence

casket

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  • Another soldier makes the same trek and stands at the foot of the casket.
    — Fox News, 17 Jan. 2023
  • At the turn of the new year, 2018, Newsweek tweeted a photograph of Dr. King in his casket.
    — Ebony Flake, Essence, 16 Jan. 2023
  • But one tradition that would be retained is the placing on the casket of the book of the Gospels.
    — Time, 28 Dec. 2022
  • But many of its young men who went off to fight have returned in caskets.
    — Sabra Ayres, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The procession stretched three miles long; the casket was placed on the back of a farm wagon pulled by mules.
    — Clarence B. Jones, The New Yorker, 18 July 2023
  • In the first scene, a character also named David pops out of the casket dressed in a white suit and bow tie.
    — Megan O’Grady, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Then the casket was lowered, and cemetery workers came with a Bobcat to fill the hole and break down the tent.
    — Ted Genoways, The New Republic, 25 May 2023
  • The pages of an open book of the Gospels blew in the wind atop the simple cypress casket containing his remains.
    — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Then Reveille, one more hymn and a blessing, and Brown’s casket was carried back out of the church and driven away in a hearse.
    — Brian Melley, ajc, 25 May 2023
  • With the casket open, Navalny’s mother and father stroked and kissed his head.
    — Dasha Litvinova and Katie Marie Davies, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The owner shares that he’ll be buried in one of his caskets, then crawls into the car (read: casket) and closes the door.
    — Rayna Rossitto, Vulture, 13 June 2023
  • His son Philippe stood with the family by the casket for days as mourners streamed to the village from around the country.
    — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Diane Berol, far left, stands by as the casket of her husband John Berol is buried at sea.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The casket was draped with a flag that had flown over the U.S. Capitol on the twin’s 21st birthdays and had been given to them as a gift by Penny.
    — Ethan Ehrenhaft, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2023
  • RowVaughn Wells stopped in front of the casket of her son Tyre Nichols at the start of his funeral service.
    — Aaron Morrison, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Feb. 2023
  • That doesn't include the cost of a casket and cemetery space, according to the website.
    — Jesse Bedayn The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Till was lynched by white men in 1955, his mother, Mamie, had his body displayed in an open casket.
    — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Felix pulled out his cellphone and showed Cruz a photo of Lexi in her casket.
    — Seyward Darby, Longreads, 9 May 2023
  • The late President's casket had been moved from the White House to the Capitol to permit the public to pay its last respects.
    — Andrew Meier, Time, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Such keen self-awareness was well buried a decade ago, tucked in a squalid little casket with all the good metaphors and a large hunk of talent.
    — James Robins, Vulture, 1 May 2023
  • Men’s Health: Typically, people leave the drug game in one of two ways: In a casket or prison.
    — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 20 Apr. 2023
  • In that case, Agard created a lemon tree grove with the woman placed in a wicker casket in the middle.
    — Irina Gonzalez, Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2023
  • One room over, Womack lay in an open white casket, adorned by red roses.
    — Dallas News, 13 Oct. 2022
  • When our mom died, one of her three siblings took selfie photos of themselves with her in the casket.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 3 June 2023
  • Jimmy carried the same ring bearer pillow to the casket.
    — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023
  • From there, the bodies are prepared for their final resting place and placed in caskets.
    — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2024
  • White roses covered the stage and Takeoff’s casket sat at the foot of stairs made to resemble mother of pearl.
    — Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN, 11 Nov. 2022
  • At the front, numerous flower wreaths and crosses flanked a blue casket.
    — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Pelé's casket will be ushered through the streets of Santos before his burial.
    — Mauricio Savarese, ajc, 2 Jan. 2023
  • My grandma reemerges and picks out a pair of simple wooden caskets from the budget section.
    — Maggie Levantovskaya, Longreads, 31 Aug. 2023

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