How to Use eulogy in a Sentence

eulogy

noun
  • He delivered a moving eulogy at his father's funeral.
  • That seems like then the eulogy is all about me.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
  • And, by no means, does Hosch-Singh see it as an eulogy.
    — Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2025
  • In her eulogy, Kirk pledged to pick up where her husband left off.
    — Max Rego, The Hill, 21 Sep. 2025
  • That’s the purpose of a eulogy.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Shrugs off her father’s eulogy until the last minute.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • My archived apps read like a eulogy for my Before Times life.
    — Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2021
  • In a eulogy, Kepler spoke about how both of them were hard workers.
    — Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2020
  • My sister asked her husband to give the eulogy for our mother.
    — Robin Abrahams, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2018
  • Nor was there any eulogy in Lebanon -- for either him or his daughter.
    — Tim Lister, Paul Cruickshank and Ghazi Balkiz, CNN, 14 Nov. 2020
  • If Ginsburg has her way, her own eulogy will not be written for many, many years.
    — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 24 July 2019
  • The heaviness of giving a eulogy for a son who never had a chance to breathe.
    — Andrew Joseph, For The Win, 18 June 2018
  • During the eulogy, Neil boldly vowed that his son’s death wouldn’t be in vain.
    — Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 31 July 2025
  • Kenny goes to the church to find something to use as a eulogy and hears something in the basement.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 7 May 2023
  • About him and a cousin of his delivered the eulogy at the funeral.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 14 July 2022
  • The eulogies were watched by some family members who flew in from overseas.
    — Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • There was even a draft of his eulogy, measured, unmistakably in his own voice.
    — Raya Elfadel Kheirbek, Washington Post, 17 May 2026
  • Don’t mean to overreact here, spilling into eulogy mode, writing in the past tense.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Cher gave the eulogy at Bono's funeral at the request of his fourth wife, Mary.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 Nov. 2024
  • The album—with ten tracks sung by Reed, five by Cale—is their joint eulogy and elegy.
    — Kevin Dettmar, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Mike Duggan said lots of nice things in John Levy's eulogy, got some laughs, bobbed some heads, maybe sparked some tears.
    — Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2024
  • And a boy was the reader of the collective eulogy, but his role as Miles was beefed up in the post-dream production work.
    — Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022
  • That’s a fitting eulogy for MTV in itself.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2025
  • But despite the many eulogies for the metaverse, the promise has not died and the technologies seem to be improving.
    — WIRED, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The pair grew so close that Rosenberg gave the eulogy at Dickey’s funeral.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2021
  • After Putin’s speech, the eulogies for the Wagner boss began to pour in.
    — Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Would her child be buried in a separate part of the cemetery without the appropriate eulogies?
    — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • The movie works well as a eulogy, but there have been plenty of those for Garland over the decades; Judy could’ve been something more.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2019
  • Every eulogy turns into a stamp-card sentiment.
    — New Atlas, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Though attendees are visibly upset, there is no open casket, eulogy or any harping on grief.
    — Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026

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