How to Use cortege in a Sentence

cortege

noun
  • As the cortege made its way up the Mall, the crowd was initially hushed.
    — Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2022
  • As the funeral cortege passed the palace, the monarch led her family out to the gates.
    — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2022
  • The cortege, under military escort, rolled through the streets to the beat of drums as a throng watched.
    — Eva Sohlman, New York Times, 30 May 2018
  • This important book reads like the slow passing of a long and demented cortege.
    — New York Times, 2 Dec. 2020
  • Tens of thousands of people lined the route of the cortege past the landmarks of London.
    — Mark Landler, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2022
  • As the cortege made its way through the city, tens of thousands of mourners jammed the narrow streets, which were festooned with royal banners.
    — Stu Woo and Trefor Moss, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2022
  • After the cortege passed, bagpipes played, in spontaneous, very local moments.
    — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2022
  • As Anna stood over her husband’s grave, another cortege arrived at the cemetery.
    — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
  • Passions were running so high that more than fifty people were killed and hundreds injured in a stampede around the funeral cortege.
    — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2020
  • The procession is solemn, a funeral cortege in words, all the more poignant for the absence of public remembrances.
    — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2021
  • There were echoes of that history as the queen’s cortege rolled past statues of Churchill and George VI.
    — Mark Landler, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2022
  • After a private funeral, the cortege passed slowly through the seaside town where O'Connor had lived.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Crowds greeted the cortege with applause that was almost drowned out by a band of Royal Marines and their drums beating the slow marching rhythm.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The monarch’s first funerary rites took place in the historic Scottish capital, and thousands lined the rainy route of her cortege to pay respects.
    — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
  • Holding a sparkling ankh, his cortege paused at Osiris's signature tables where he was cascaded with confetti and honorifics.
    — Michael Dumas, AL.com, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Down mountain roads and interstates, the cortege passed thousands of men and women who raised Bibles and American flags in tribute.
    — Elizabeth Dias, Time, 1 Mar. 2018
  • As the cortege slowly wound its way through the streets amid the milling throngs, pilgrims passed their babies to a pair of priests riding on the platform to have the infants blessed by the Virgin.
    — Nick Madigan, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2017
  • Those attending the cremation were instructed not to wear hats or raise umbrellas as the cortege passed, and certainly not to lower the tone by taking selfies.
    — The Economist, 26 Oct. 2017
  • After the eulogies, a cortege of town cars fast-tracks Logan’s body through the Manhattan grid to a mausoleum purchased from a onetime pet food mogul.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 28 May 2023
  • Earlier in the day, Shanghai residents bade farewell to the former leader as his funeral cortege made its way to one of the city’s airports, state media said.
    — Chun Han Wong, WSJ, 1 Dec. 2022
  • At the time of Croft’s funeral in 1930, dozens of pearlies from across London joined the cortege to honor him, decked out in their buttoned glory.
    — Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The cortege arrived at Westminster Hall’s gates precisely 38 minutes later, at the top of the hour, and the coffin was placed on a catafalque, or stand.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Paris was brought to a standstill as hundreds of thousands turned out to gain a glimpse of the funeral cortege, which was followed by hundreds of bikers in homage to his passion for Harley Davidsons.
    — Melanie Feuk, Houston Chronicle, 3 July 2018
  • Only two months ago, Harry told a Newsweek reporter that no child should be expected to walk in his mother's funeral cortege as millions watched on the streets of London.
    — Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2017
  • The funeral cortege arrived from Mironov’s hometown, Novomoskovsk, where mourners gathered outside his home to pay respects before setting off for the cemetery.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022
  • Earlier in London, tens of thousands of people streamed to the environs of Buckingham Palace, hoping to catch a glimpse of the cortege on its route and to pay their final respects.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2022
  • At dusk, after climbing along the switchbacks that wind through Guatemala’s western highlands, the cortege of vehicles carrying 12 of the coffins arrived in Comitancillo.
    — New York Times, 21 Mar. 2021
  • As the cortege passed through Horse Guards Parade, the crowds began applauding, their joyful expressions of affection contrasting with the funeral dirges being played by the queen’s band.
    — Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Pictures of the bereaved boys walking in Diana's funeral cortege, and their card on her coffin reading 'Mummy' were the heartbreaking images of the day imprinted in the nation's memory.
    — Harper's BAZAAR, 10 Apr. 2017

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