How to Use epitaph in a Sentence

epitaph

noun
  • Thanks to fans like Schaap, the epitaph holds true for fans like me.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 6 June 2018
  • Your epitaph may be your last and best chance to rewrite your history.
    — Dallas News, 9 May 2021
  • Biden remains the front runner, but the line had the ring of a campaign epitaph.
    — Molly Ball, Time, 25 July 2019
  • Which, come to think of it, is a pretty fair epitaph for this whole sorry affair.
    — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2021
  • But when the epitaph of season is written, the bullpen should have a starring role.
    — Stefan Stevenson, star-telegram, 16 Sep. 2017
  • No, that’s not going to be my epitaph, but thanks for the suggestion.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 July 2021
  • The curlicues of eyeliner that were once your signature but now read more like an epitaph?
    — Lisa Armstrong, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 July 2009
  • Raulff has given us an eloquent epitaph for the horse’s long relevance to our world.
    — Melissa Holbrook Pierson, The Seattle Times, 17 Feb. 2018
  • Dak Prescott isn’t close to putting an epitaph on his Cowboys career.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 9 June 2021
  • Bowden, years before his death, crafted the epitaph for his tombstone.
    — Chris Dufresne, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2021
  • Read Bob Woodward's epitaph for that office from June of that year.
    — Z. Byron Wolf, CNN, 18 May 2018
  • The line serves as both a poignant epitaph for Klee and a beautiful grace note for this affecting film.
    — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2023
  • That’s a fitting epitaph for his presidency, but that gravestone is not yet carved.
    — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 20 Nov. 2020
  • The quote is often cited as an epitaph to Boeing’s golden age.
    — John Pacenti, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • There’s a reasonable chance Mourinho would ask for that as an epitaph.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2018
  • So did James’ mother, who authorized the epitaph.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
  • But the epitaph for the Ducks will be too many battles to survive, too many times to get up after being knocked down.
    — Eric Stephens, Orange County Register, 22 May 2017
  • In addition, the many graceful epitaphs are reminders of a more eloquent and devout age.
    — Michelle Matthews | [email protected], AL.com, 1 June 2017
  • And a mosaic near the entrance to the law school today includes one of his axioms, which is also an epitaph.
    — Lillian Cunningham, Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2018
  • Boseman received some of the best notices of his career, making for an apt epitaph for a brief but brilliant career.
    — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Regardless of the outcome, an epitaph of sorts for People’s Park.
    — Scott Wilson, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2023
  • The 7-year-old saw granite and marble headstones jutting out from the grass near other graves, inscribed with epitaphs.
    — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The tombstones were engraved with names, epitaphs and verses from the Quran, according to experts.
    — Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2024
  • In the winter of 2018 these pronouncements read more like an epitaph for a bygone golden age.
    — Michael Kimmage, New Republic, 8 Jan. 2018
  • These words are the epitaph on Shakespeare’s grave in Holy Trinity Church.
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Kennedy’s words at the conclusion of the Obergefell opinion deserve to be his judicial epitaph.
    — Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker, 9 July 2017
  • But Swift wasn't ready to write the epitaph for Republicans in her state or in New England.
    — Joanna Slater, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2022
  • But Swift wasn’t ready to write the epitaph for Republicans in her state or in New England.
    — Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2022
  • This famous epitaph is not real, but commonly repeated.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The veterans slowly walked to the epitaph with the help of service members to pay tribute to their fellow Marines and sailors who perished there.
    — Arkansas Online, 30 Mar. 2025

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