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Meanings of obituaries in English
Short biography of someone who recently died.
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Synonyms
Examples for "eulogy"
Examples for "eulogy"
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But the eulogy inadvertently highlights companies' unhealthy dependence on subsidies and debt.
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An American statesman said of him, in a eulogy delivered in Boston:
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The following is a brief extract from the eulogy of the Rev.
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Mr. Parton finds in this abundant material for extravagant eulogy of Burr.
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There was a basis for this eulogy; but it needs much qualification.
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However, nobody in the constituency is ready to write his political obituary.
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A New Yorker visiting Boston saw the obituary in a Boston paper.
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An obituary in the New York Times said Studley died on Tuesday.
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That, then, served as Pyrrha's obituary as far as Maro was concerned.
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In an obituary sketch of him the Standard of that place said:-
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We're treating it in the same way we'd treat an obit folder.
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I used it in the obit I wrote when Andre, alas, died.
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Lucky me. She hitched a thumb at the obit on his screen.
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Only the lady's relationship with the deceased was suppressed in the obit!
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Kevin Courtney's obit of the Boyzone singer from today's paper here.
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All the phantoms of this necrology were passing before my eyes!
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He died one of the most tragic deaths recorded in the necrology of genius.
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What I am writing is a necrology: they are all gone of whom I speak.
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Ufology, ghosts, necrology, alien abductions, cryptozoology.
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Of these the only record is in the annual necrology and the quaint Latin of the "Triennial."
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There is a statue in the town in memory of Louis IX.
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The windows at the west, especially one in memory of Mr. Wm.
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A festival held every year in memory of the birth of Christ.
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She ought to keep it in memory of us and Mr. Roy.
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He shuddered in memory of the insults he'd sent the fellow's way.
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It will be a perpetual in memoriam record of my departed virtues.
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The motto 'Sic vos non vobis', would be appropriate for him in memoriam.
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Treat yourself to an in memoriam colonic irrigation or a visit to a psychic?
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Staffs, called pantars, erected in memoriam of the dead, at a kampong below Kuala Samba
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They controversially failed to be mentioned in the Academy Awards " in memoriam" section.
Usage of obituaries in English
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Perhaps now is too soon to write the obituaries of Eskom, however.
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The obituaries of these devoted co-laborers were inserted in the Conference Minutes.
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Within minutes, she had located the local paper's archives for the obituaries.
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Rugby:Stuart Lancaster insists the obituaries being written for French rugby are premature.
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Okay, so I really picked up traffic court depositions and wrote obituaries.
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So what if the obituaries said that he died on October 20th.
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At the beginning of this millennium, though, the obituaries were for reading.
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MANY obituaries have been written about Apple Computer, all of them premature.
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The 16-times world champion has made a mockery of previous career obituaries.
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Laudatory obituaries assessed him as a great man who had somehow failed.
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Particularly when the finance minister was writing the company's obituaries just last month.
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Trivia moment: I once edited the obituaries section of the American Alpine Journal.
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This week has been busy with obituaries, the obvious end of era emphasis.
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In many respects, the best obituaries are to be found in country papers.
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Of them all, only Sir Miles Linley merited obituaries in the national press.
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But Kael's view will be reflected in few of today's obituaries.
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Translations for obituaries
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Obituaries through the time
Obituaries across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common
United Kingdom
Rare