How to Use funeral in a Sentence

funeral

1 of 2 adjective
  • Stay up to date with funeral plans here.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The crafts team points out Neytiri's funeral paint in the Wind Traders scene.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Dec. 2025
  • That’s why some investors aren’t singing a funeral dirge for active stock picking – just yet.
    — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 25 Oct. 2022
  • No funeral details were shared.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
  • At a recent post-funeral luncheon, my friends and I marveled at the spread.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2026
  • In one scene, she can be seen in funeral garb standing over Fred's coffin, looking sad at first.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 14 July 2022
  • The department said funeral details will be shared at a later date.
    — Alexandra Simon, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Under their rules, some people can save up money for a funeral burial but not enough to get housing.
    — Fred Clasen-Kelly, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The cousin, Michael Nadey, launched the fundraiser to help cover funeral costs.
    — Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Sanders stood between two cars, talking about funeral arrangements, and then began to cross the street.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2022
  • The night before, thousands of people from Swansea turned out in funeral attire.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Mar. 2026
  • An imam was hauled up from his small room adjacent to his small mosque and ordered to get ready to lead the funeral prayers of a very important man.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Objects have what’s like a soul, like the funeral sword lilies on the seat or objects passed from one passenger to another.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Perhaps that’s the point, that wrapping up this 40 year franchise after all this time should be more funeral march than fun.
    — Katie Walsh, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2022
  • The family has not yet announced funeral plans, and no further details have been made public.
    — Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Varanasi was quite an experience, seeing the funeral pyres.
    — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2026
  • These were not coffin nails, which are usually found intact, and nails weren't used in the construction of the funeral pyre.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Perhaps there was no better illustration of that emptiness than in the funeral episode.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 28 May 2023
  • Two people were killed at a funeral repast on Detroit's east side in late February.
    — Terell Bailey, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Most of those funeral homes average a bit over 150 funerals per year.
    — Markian Hawryluk, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2022
  • One photo on the wall is from the cover of a funeral program for Oliver Griffin.
    — Ian Shapira, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The necklace has accessorized past funeral attire for the Princess of Wales.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The funds will help cover funeral expenses and will support the family.
    — Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Her family said funeral arrangements would be announced at a later time.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
  • This week, Morales was repeating the same rhythm of funeral masses, their rituals meant to ease the grief of the survivors.
    — Teo Armus, Washington Post, 2 June 2022
  • The lyrics are funeral; the beat is heavily syncopated, recalling the pitch and roll of a great ship in heavy water.
    — Ken Fireman, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2023
  • After a 15-minute service, she was taken to the cemetery while her husband followed in the funeral car.
    — Kevin Foster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Palestinians say the war also robbed them of the funeral rites that long have offered mourners some dignity and closure.
    — Isabel Debre, Julia Frankel and Samy Magdy The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2023
  • And the funeral scene will be honoring the actor, not just his memorable character.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 6 Nov. 2022
  • The Duke and Duchess of Sussex extended their trip to attend the funeral events.
    — Erin Hill, Peoplemag, 20 Apr. 2023

funeral

2 of 2 noun
  • His cousin made the funeral arrangements.
  • His funeral will be held on Friday.
  • Only family attended the funeral.
  • All three were buried in a joint funeral.
    — Imad Isseid, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
  • This wasn't quite right for a funeral.
    — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The black one has been worn to both weddings and funerals.
    — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Just a glacier of pain, and the funeral, and going on.
    — Jim Moore, Outdoor Life, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Evil thought that there would be a funeral today.
    — Nbc News, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Rob confirms that there were strangers at the funerals as well.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026
  • There was no funeral for him, no gravesite to visit.
    — Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
  • And the funerals hadn’t even taken place yet.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2026
  • This aunt had not come to the funeral for my father, her own brother.
    — Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
  • But there were a lot of smiles before and after the funeral.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2025
  • It's not yet known whether Cheney will get a state funeral.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
  • It's not yet known whether Cheney will get a state funeral.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Barely any time has passed since the funeral, but a lot happens in this episode.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
  • She’s learned that funerals mark the beginning and not the end of grief.
    — Susan Young, PEOPLE, 10 May 2026
  • Hold a funeral for the present and usher in the future.
    — Pitchfork, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The next event in her calendar might just be a funeral.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Rice said he’s been to countless funerals over the last five years in Ukraine.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Peet arranged her mom's funeral two weeks after her first clear scan.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Trump did not attend the funeral.
    — Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Later, these friends shared with me the details for the funeral.
    — Ayşegül Savaş, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
  • And there's no funeral, and there's no memorial or none of that s---.
    — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Marcelle said this was used for her son's public funeral.
    — Tara Lynch, CBS News, 24 June 2026
  • Starting with a funeral and ending with the clink?
    — Christina Grace Tucker, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
  • How much is a funeral with burial and viewing?
    — Liz Knueven, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025
  • His funeral is expected to take place this week.
    — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Moore's funeral was held June 6.
    — Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 16 June 2026
  • My mother went to a funeral where the woman was laid out in a bed, in her nightgown.
    — Penny Musco, Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2023

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