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Example sentences for: obit
How can you use “obit” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
Peter Applebome, who wrote the Times obit, wins truth-telling points for a paragraph that began, "Mr. Morris drank too much bourbon and red wine, smoked too many Viceroys, stayed up too late and caroused too much."
Poor word choice or obituary humor ? Sunday's NYT carried the obit of Paul G. Hearne, wheel-chair-bound his whole life but a tireless advocate for the disabled who, among other accomplishments, helped write the Americans With Disabilities Act.
One other notable feature of the Times ' obit: Nemy takes pains to point out the negative results of the Times ' own taste test of the recipe book Cooking With the Two Fat Ladies . A writer found that no less than all six of the six recipes she tested didn't work.
Just one example: Yesterday, the AP ran an obit with the headline "Hazel Frederick Dies at 91."
The NYT has a classic obit to show off today, about the best polo player ever, Cecil Smith; the piece, by Frank Litsky, effortlessly takes the reader back to the days when the sport was played by the likes of Walt Disney and Will Rogers, and tens of thousands watched games.
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