Example sentences for: obituaries

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

  • Re: the Washington Post and New York Times obituaries of the same person containing an identical paragraph: Doesn't that probably just mean that the paragraph came from a wire service that both papers subscribe to (probably the Associated Press)?

  • Obituaries focused on her pattern of gaining influence and prestige by romancing rich and powerful men (Winston Churchill's son, Edward R. Murrow, the heir to the Fiat fortune, etc.).

  • Obituaries of the author of Naked Lunch highlight his importance as a countercultural role model, calling him "the non-conformist's non-conformist" (the Boston Globe ) who "inspired a who's who of pop culture" ( USA Today ). They dwell on the artists (Beats, punk rockers) who embraced Burroughs as a guru, and retell bizarre anecdotes from his life (he shot his wife accidentally, slept with little boys, and hawked his typewriter to buy heroin).

  • Obituaries fondly recalled his on-air debates and "two thumbs up" salutes with fellow reviewer Roger Ebert on their eponymous syndicated TV show.

  • Which makes Today's Papers wonder--Why no official reaction to its item last week noticing an identical paragraph in WP and NYT obituaries of the same man?


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