Examples of casket in a Sentence
Chris Sims, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Mar. 2024
Rather than marking a single death, the marchers — led by trumpet players and people carrying a casket reminiscent of a cigarette pack — were demanding the demise of menthol cigarettes.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
Thousands of firefighters and law enforcement officers suddenly stood straight and saluted the moment six pallbearers in crisp uniforms and white gloves lifted the casket of firefighter Trevor Brown from the back of a fire engine Monday.
—Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024
Hundreds of people helped carry the casket for parts of the miles-long procession, including Kennedy Jr., then an environmental attorney, and many politicians.
—Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
Hundreds of fellow law enforcement officers and community members, family and friends filed below the photos, past Allen’s casket Thursday afternoon into the evening at the Community of Christ church campus in Independence.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 8 Mar. 2024
Perry said that can include caskets made from wicker or bamboo, for example, or even a simple pine box that is untreated.
—Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2024
Funeral homes were responsible for collecting and preparing the deceased, hosting services, ordering flowers, and everything up to the moment the casket reached its final resting place—the rest, burial onward, was the responsibility of the cemetery.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 8 Feb. 2024
When his mom, Jill, died on Feb. 21, 2022, a bunch of the residents of Clipper Nation got together and sent flowers and a banner that was laid on her casket.
—Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 31 Jan. 2024
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Word History
Middle English, perhaps modification of Middle French cassette
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Casket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/casket. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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