How to Use funeral director in a Sentence

funeral director

noun
  • The funeral director held the door for them on their way out.
    — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 10 June 2020
  • The other is a funeral director who is a good man but who doesn’t set her ablaze.
    — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2021
  • No one knows better than a funeral director that life is short.
    — CBS News, 14 June 2019
  • The film tells the tale of an ex-con funeral director who has a chance meeting with an orphaned girl.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 26 June 2022
  • The health department dropped off a swab for the funeral director, who swabbed the body.
    — Rory Linnane, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2020
  • But by then, the funeral director had died and did not record what happened to the remains or tell anyone else.
    — Rennie Svirnovskiy, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The funeral director said the thieves could have bought almost anything on his credit cards.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Then Greenebaum, a funeral director in a nearby city, reached out to the rabbi.
    — Holly Yan, CNN, 8 July 2022
  • Loved it when your shortstop, who’s as fun as a funeral director, drew a walk the other day and broke into a dead sprint for first.
    — Kevin Sherrington feb. 25, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The funeral home had a dress code that required male funeral directors to wear pant suits and women to wear skirt suits.
    — Kathryn Vasel, CNN, 14 June 2019
  • At one point, the funeral director even kept the lights off in the chapel to discourage people from coming in.
    — cincinnati.com, 10 Dec. 2020
  • The latest surge in deaths has overwhelmed even a funeral director who has spent four decades laying people to rest.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2020
  • As the service drew to a close, Gorham approached the funeral director.
    — Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com, 5 Aug. 2021
  • The third white box, sealed tightly shut, contained the rest of the baby’s remains, the funeral director told her.
    — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 10 June 2020
  • Aimee Stephens, a transgender funeral director, died a month before the high court ruled in the case.
    — John Fritze, USA Today, 1 June 2021
  • To see the white gloves the funeral director wanted to use to cover her bruised, cut hands, and the pink carnations in her nest of dark hair.
    — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 3 May 2015
  • Schmidt doesn't shy away from the trials and tribulations of being a funeral director.
    — Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Even Williams, the seasoned funeral director, was wiping her eyes.
    — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
  • The funeral director was going to give the new customer the benefit of the doubt when everything took a dark turn.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Over the years, Codey said helping others deal with loss as a funeral director gave him that deep sense of empathy.
    — Christine Sloan, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Only later was there a meeting in which the funeral director told the family that there had been a mix-up, the complaint states.
    — Ronn Blitzer, Fox News, 28 July 2022
  • As a teenager, Jolie planned to become either a model or a funeral director.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2021
  • As part of the rule, funeral directors must give consumers price information over the phone if it is requested.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The funeral director advised against it.
    — Sofie Buckminster, semafor.com, 16 Nov. 2025
  • Next the funeral director makes a small incision near the clavicle, to access the jugular vein and carotid artery.
    — Mark Evely, The Conversation, 15 Sep. 2020
  • The funeral director will embalm the deceased and then the Amish family will take the body into their care.
    — Caleb Wilde, The Cut, 29 Sep. 2017
  • Some are pets, and Jackson sometimes shows the compassion of a funeral director.
    — Byron McCauley, Cincinnati.com, 20 June 2019
  • The sudden loss of a civic leader and funeral director has shaken the community.
    — Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 1 June 2026
  • New charges have reportedly been brought against a Colorado funeral director who was accused of storing a body in a hearse for over a year.
    — Toria Sheffield, People.com, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Wearing a black suit, a white tie, and white gloves, Burson, 6, worked alongside the funeral director and rode in the passenger side of the hearse.
    — Nicole S. Daniel | The Birmingham Times, al, 11 Feb. 2023

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