How to Use casket in a Sentence
casket
noun
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Brown's casket was open from the waist up and a thin veil covered his face.
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Ryan W. Miller,
USA TODAY,
3 May 2021
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There was one Black man found in a casket that still had a bullet lodged in his left shoulder.
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Jordan Mendoza,
USA TODAY,
28 June 2021
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Middleswart’s niece, Nancy Flahive, kissed her hand and touched the casket.
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John Wilkens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2021
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The family was seated near his tomb but Glutz sat closest to the casket.
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Jamie Clarkson,
The Enquirer,
31 May 2021
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Four pallbearers brought the casket inside the church, as attendees looked on.
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Taijuan Moorman,
USA TODAY,
20 Nov. 2024
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That’s why the sisters picked that shade for their lemonade stand, the same color, too, as the tiny casket that Makenzie was buried in.
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Courtney Tanner,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
13 June 2021
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At the funeral service, Kitt was draped in an American flag in his casket.
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BostonGlobe.com,
22 June 2021
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The cemetery provided Hailey with a picture of the top of her mother's casket.
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Janelle James,
Detroit Free Press,
8 June 2021
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At the time, the extended Biden family was waiting to enter the church after the casket.
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Devon Link,
USA TODAY,
9 May 2021
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The human remains from the Oklahoma were placed there in 61 caskets in 45 graves.
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Frank Witsil,
Detroit Free Press,
6 Dec. 2024
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Biodegradable caskets and natural burial grounds are gaining traction.
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Melissa Houston,
Forbes,
15 Dec. 2024
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IndyStar editors took the unusual step of including an image of Dunlap in his casket with the story.
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Max Gersh,
The Indianapolis Star,
30 June 2021
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Crowds lined the streets to catch a glimpse of the Queen's casket.
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Janine Henni,
Peoplemag,
14 Sep. 2022
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The box was placed in a casket and flown to DRC on June 21.
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Faustine Ngila,
Quartz,
22 June 2022
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He was buried in a light blue suit, in a light blue casket.
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James E. Causey,
jsonline.com,
20 Apr. 2022
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Ryan's casket was placed in a special area at the front of the church near the altar.
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Arkansas Online,
13 Aug. 2021
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Her casket was lowered to the strains of a lament from the queen’s bagpiper.
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Los Angeles Times,
19 Sep. 2022
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So up came the lid of the light gray casket, the bouquet of white roses pushed aside.
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Christine Condon,
baltimoresun.com,
5 Aug. 2021
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Another soldier makes the same trek and stands at the foot of the casket.
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Fox News,
17 Jan. 2023
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What’s left in the casket tells us nothing about their lives.
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Terry Pluto,
cleveland,
16 Oct. 2021
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At the foot of the hill, people cluster around an open casket.
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Murray Whyte,
BostonGlobe.com,
28 July 2022
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At his wake, Goines lay in a casket with two of his novels.
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Bill McGraw,
Detroit Free Press,
2 Jan. 2022
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At the turn of the new year, 2018, Newsweek tweeted a photograph of Dr. King in his casket.
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Ebony Flake,
Essence,
16 Jan. 2023
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But one tradition that would be retained is the placing on the casket of the book of the Gospels.
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Time,
28 Dec. 2022
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But many of its young men who went off to fight have returned in caskets.
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Sabra Ayres,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Aug. 2023
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People pay for The Sims to be able to make a skin tone that doesn't make my Sims look casket ready.
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Ineye Komonibo,
refinery29.com,
23 June 2022
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Svengoolie stands in his casket, about to say good night for now.
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Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Oct. 2024
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The casket was then placed on a table and wheeled inside.
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Cameron Fields,
cleveland,
8 Sep. 2021
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The procession stretched three miles long; the casket was placed on the back of a farm wagon pulled by mules.
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Clarence B. Jones,
The New Yorker,
18 July 2023
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When his casket shut closed and a hymn began, the room erupted in grief.
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Lilly Price,
Baltimore Sun,
31 May 2022
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