How to use funeral in a sentence

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• I managed to murmur some words of consolation as I left the funeral.From the entry word
• Our party formed a train at the funeral parlor before departing for the burial.From the entry train
• This is supposed to be a party, but it feels more like a funeral!From the entry feel
• I can't come to your wedding because it clashes with a friend's funeral.From the entry clash
• After the funeral there was a lunch for those who didn't go to the cemetery.From the entry lunch
• At the funeral, a circle of comrades wreathed the grave of the honoured deceased.From the entry wreathe
• Please come to the funeral service and pay your last respects to her grandmother.From the entry respects
• Funerals are ten times worse with necrophobia in addition to grief.From the entry necrophobia
• As much as you may want to plan your funeral, you can't control when you go out.From the entry go out
• The listeners were moved to tears by the luctiferous tolling of the funeral bells.From the entry luctiferous
• The doleful peal of the bell indicated another funeral was being held.From the entry doleful
• We went to the funeral. The religious service was nice until the widow broke down in tears.From the entry religious service
• It was rude in the extreme to act the way he did at the funeral.From the entry in the extreme
• The villagers built a funeral pyre to honor their dead.From the entry pyre
• Following the death of her mother, she went down from Cambridge for a few days so as to attend the funeral.From the entry go down
• The mourners left the funeral heavy-hearted and silent.From the entry heavy-hearted
• The yellow blazer was incongruent for the funeral.From the entry incongruent
• She was from a large family and had many friends, so the funeral was crowded with mourning survivors.From the entry survivor
• The lifesaving surgery is expensive, but so is a funeral.From the entry lifesaving
• The Synod of Aberdeen forbade 'chantings and choruses' at funerals.From the entry chanting
• The funeral left me with an emptyish feeling.From the entry emptyish
• When I found out my two favorite musicians would be recording an album together, I literally planned my own funeral arrangements and died.From the entry die
• When Grandpa died, instead of a traditional funeral, he wanted a memorial service where people were free to share their memories and socialize.From the entry memorial service
• I deal with more than mere funerals; I deal with death, passing on, the transition.”2021, Percival Everett, The Trees, Influx Press (2022), page 91. From the entry mortician
• Or let's prank call funeral homes and say, "Let me out!2021 March 28, Janine Brito, “Dance Dance Resolution” (1:43 from the start), in Bless the Harts, season 2, episode 15, spoken by Jenny…. From the entry cakefetti
• While the final festivities were bittersweet, David and Lisa insisted on a party rather than a funeral.2020 January 16, Diana Hubbell, “Bittersweet Berlin goodbye as Clärchens Ballhaus faces uncertain future”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry bittersweet
• He retold it to me at my opa’s funeral, about half a century after the game.2020, Alexander Starritt, We Germans, London: John Murray (Publishers), →ISBN. From the entry opa
• I CashApped her fifteen hundred dollars to go to the funeral in Texas.2020, Mary B. Morrison, Careful What You Click For, New York, N.Y.: Dafina Books, published 2022, →ISBN. From the entry CashApp
• The funeral is the culmination of Extinction Rebellion’s actions at London fashion week.2019 September 17, Lauren Cochrane, “Extinction Rebellion stage funeral at London fashion week finale”, in The Guardian. From the entry ecocide
• “Would you make some funeral pies?” “Sure.” I turned to Eleanor and Matilda.2019 July 28, Ruth Hartzler, Amish Cupcake Cozy Mystery Box Set Book 1-3: Cozy mysteries, Clean Wholesome Books, →ISBN. From the entry funeral pie
• “I'll show you how to make funeral pies.” Eleanor raised her eyebrows.2019 July 28, Ruth Hartzler, Amish Cupcake Cozy Mystery Box Set Book 1-3: Cozy mysteries, Clean Wholesome Books, →ISBN. From the entry funeral pie
• Topics range from funerals to the idea of the poetics of google translating Swedish song lyrics.2017 February, E. Conner, “Chasing the Night #3”, in Maximum Rocknroll, number 405, San Francisco, Calif.: Maximum Rocknroll, →ISSN…. From the entry google translate
• "You do know, don't you, that they played all his greatest tapes at the funeral."2014, Edmund White, “New York City”, in States of Desire Revisited: Travels in Gay America, Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press…. From the entry discaire
• She was to be given a state funeral, followed by interment at Arlington National Cemetery.2011, Stephen King, 11/22/63, New York: Scribner, →ISBN, page 784. From the entry interment
• Everyone at the funeral is uncomfortable, fully cogniscient of dark times approaching.2010, Jason Hornsby, Eleven Twenty-Three, Permuted Press, →ISBN, page 86. From the entry cogniscient
• The Messenger of God and his friends reprayed the ritual prayer of funeral for her.2009, Faruk Salman, Nazif Yılmaz, Dr. Recep Özdirek, My Beautiful Religion - 1 (Maliki), Erkam, page 36. From the entry repray
• "Hassan Ngeze wants to be the corpse at every funeral," those who knew him would add, laughing.2005, Dina Temple-Raston, Justice on the Grass: Three Rwandan Journalists, Their Trial for War Crimes and a Nation's Quest for Redemption…. From the entry the corpse at every funeral
• There was a contemporary pic in Saturday's "Times" of EIR's funeral cortege.2003 March 25, LizR, “Elizabeth I”, in alt.history.british (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Jul 2026. From the entry eir
• It was a week after the funeral before Lida stepped foot in the house again.2003, Richard Dry, Leaving, page 114. From the entry step foot

Meaning of funeral

1. noun A ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.
2. noun A funeral sermon.

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Questions about funeral in a sentence

How do you use funeral in a sentence?

Funeral is used as a noun. For example: “Many mourners turned up at the local artist's funeral to pay homage.”

What is a short sentence with funeral?

“The funeral left me with an emptyish feeling.”

What does funeral mean?

Funeral means a ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.