Example sentences for: urns

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

  • The old town clusters around the Plaza Mayor, an incomparably pretty square of painted railings, fanciful urns, greyhound statues, and bright colonial buildings.

  • Traditional shapes of urns, jugs, and cups are decorated with scenes taken from the lives of the ancients or of the Greek gods in their domain on Mount Olympus.

  • This part of the Chiswick gardens was wrapped by a high wall and punctuated with urns.

  • Here, the line between the scientist and the grave robber blurs, as corpses are exhumed and cremation urns raided to provide organic remnants for any number of curious purposes.

  • You can find myriad copies of ancient pieces — from obelisks to pyramids — and incredibly kitsch and tacky copies of Ancient Egyptian artifacts such as Tutankhamun’s mask, but also wonderful hand-carved vases, bowls, and urns.


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