How to Use hearse in a Sentence

hearse

noun
  • These days, the old hearse has found new life as a camper.
    — Laura Lane, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Large crowds lined the streets to catch a glimpse of the hearse.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 12 July 2022
  • Goalie Frank Borghi drove a hearse.
    — Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
  • Sobs and cries rose from a green house where the hearse pulled to a stop.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2022
  • The hearse is parked in the driveway, back doors wide open.
    — Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Some pulled their cars to the side of the road to stop and watch the hearse pass.
    — Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Fans chanted his name and threw flowers as his hearse drove by.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Now, the hearse turned into the cemetery, trailed by a long line of cars.
    — Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Someone stepped from the hearse, tossing his crutch.
    — Chen Yuhong, The Dial, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The descent to the street, where the men will meet a hearse, is a treacherous one.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2023
  • When the queen's hearse finally drove swiftly by, the crowd clapped and cheered.
    — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Abe's body was carried in a hearse from the temple and through the streets of Tokyo.
    — Joohee Cho, ABC News, 12 July 2022
  • Within 20 minutes, the hearse drove away through the high steel gates of the prison.
    — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 June 2026
  • And yet a lot of people eyeing your hearse may feel otherwise.
    — Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Chandar long dreamed of having a hearse to use as a mobile art storefront.
    — Hamza Shaban, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2022
  • It was then transferred to a state hearse for the journey to Windsor.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2022
  • This goth couple is so committed to the macabre that their mode of transportation is a hearse.
    — Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The coffin was at the mouth of the hearse, resting waist-high on a stand, the lid unscrewed and sitting on top.
    — Mary Costello, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Mandel took a photograph of his father in front of the hearse, framed it, and put it in his office.
    — Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 29 Nov. 2021
  • From there, a hearse brings the coffin to Windsor for internment.
    — Time, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Additional urns were found inside the hearse by the woman's body.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2024
  • The hearse has air compressors so Martinez can make the vehicle bounce up and down.
    — Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
  • It could have been placed in the baggage car of a train carrying his family, driven by hearse, or both.
    — Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com, 20 Jan. 2022
  • At back was a shabby hearse with expired registration.
    — Jesse Bedayn, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
  • After that, the state hearse will take the coffin to Buckingham Palace.
    — Michael Wright, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2022
  • The Cadillac hearse that’s from the auction is part of local lore as well, Foley said.
    — Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Soldiers carefully moved the coffin from the gun carriage into the hearse.
    — Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Or that someone had suggested making his hearse jump 20 school buses on the way to the pearly gates.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2025
  • After the service, Bartholomew’s casket was brought outside to be placed into the hearse.
    — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
  • Martinez has been in the market for another casket to outfit his hearse ever since.
    — Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025

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