How to Use urn in a Sentence

urn

noun
  • Fill out the front steps with black lanterns, pumpkins, and urns filled with mums.
    — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Horner pulled a small urn from his backpack and began to sob.
    — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Place pumpkins in urns; drape moss around base of each pumpkin.
    — Woman's Day Staff, Woman's Day, 5 Sep. 2019
  • In a shrewd metaphor, Tanya can’t even get the urn open herself.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 25 July 2021
  • Now, his cap and gown rests inside his bedroom across from his urn.
    — Elaine Aradillas, PEOPLE.com, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Her message to those who have the urn is to do the right thing and return it.
    — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
  • On top of one of the shelves sits a stone urn with her beloved father’s ashes.
    — Amanda Lauren, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Her dad, Matt Capelouto, keeps her ashes in a sky blue urn.
    — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Mullen said the Navy has told her the bill was an error and has sent her a new urn.
    — Kiran Dhillon, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2022
  • The researchers found the wine in another urn, which was made of glass.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2024
  • So the licensed pilot who takes on the task can’t drop the urn, for instance.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Not even a condolence letter with her urn.
    — Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • His large-scale jars and urns are the most impressive due to their stately size.
    — Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Those times, Mull had brewed a fresh urn himself, from supplies stacked there.
    — Jonathan Lethem, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2021
  • The rest will go in an urn, and, Brock said, with her into her grave when her time comes.
    — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The pet owner will decide what kind of urn, clay or ink paw prints or fur clippings the choose.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2024
  • Two urns, labeled Mom and Dad, sit on his mantle.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2026
  • So having his and my brother's urn brought up a lot of memories.
    — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The urn speaks of the unity of Truth and Beauty; the jar is mute.
    — Christopher Benfey, The New York Review of Books, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The Spanish urn has been sealed in the tomb since around the first century.
    — Henry Austin, NBC News, 19 June 2024
  • McKnight drove to her sister’s office and showed her the urn.
    — Star Tribune, 2 Oct. 2020
  • And in the center, the blue cloisonné urn with her son’s ashes.
    — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 July 2021
  • In this front yard, urns and planters make perfect bases for pumpkin topiaries.
    — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Has anyone told him about the Spotify urn?
    — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
  • His lungs and larynx were plucked out, placed in an urn, and kept in Missolonghi.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Place upside down in a tall urn filled with reindeer moss ($7, Michaels) by your front door.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
  • An urn elicits feedback in seconds; a book, maybe never.
    — Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025
  • His ashes would be sent back from England and his parents would bury them in an urn on their farm.
    — Miriam Toews, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025
  • In addition to the urn, which was shaped as cowboy boots, a number of his medals were stolen as well.
    — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
  • For a time, Tama-Sha kept an urn heavy with her niece’s ashes on her kitchen table.
    — sacbee, 22 June 2016

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