Example sentences for: obituaries

How can you use “obituaries” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Film director Stanley Kubrick died . Obituaries recalled his movies' eight Academy Awards, focusing on Dr. Strangelove , A Clockwork Orange , and 2001: A Space Odyssey , also mentioning Lolita and The Shining . Commentators debated the significance of the bleak fantasies in which he portrayed human recklessness, madness, brutality, murder, and nuclear holocaust.

  • All the obituaries note his legendary training regimen and brute strength, packed into a 5' 10'', 204-pound frame.

  • A delightful piece reviews a newly published collection of obituaries culled from the New York Times . The piece argues that reading early 20 th century obits reminds us how unheroic modern times are, and insists that British obits are more fun: English wit finds its highest expression in archly noting others' deaths.

  • Tammy Wynette, the subject of many large obituaries in the European press, was remembered on Le Monde's op-ed page Thursday for her advice to "rester près de son homme, quoiqu'il arrive, car, après tout, ce n'est qu'un homme."

  • This month, Hugh Massingberd published in England The Fifth Volume of Obituaries from the Daily Telegraph ! Obituaries are history.


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