How to Use eulogy in a Sentence
eulogy
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At his family’s request, there was no eulogy at his funeral service.
—Nicolaus Mills, New York Daily News, 4 July 2024
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But the Facebook eulogy that stayed with me the most was one that seemed to grapple with the uncertainty of Pinel’s legacy.
—Brendan I. Koerner, Wired, 27 May 2021
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Lowenstein said in the eulogy that eventually the siblings and their mother were reunited and lived together in the city.
—Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 10 July 2021
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Paul attended her funeral, where Williams’ eulogy inspired attendees with his strength and poise in the face of sadness.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2021
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Later, at the memorial service, a friend of Robbie’s from the skate park delivered a eulogy, and Hinkel gave a short speech.
—Abe Streep, The New Yorker, 21 May 2021
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Biden, a good friend of the Dingells, delivered a eulogy for Dingell at his funeral in Dearborn.
—Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 22 May 2021
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While the company is inside BAM delivering a eulogy, bodies pile up at the doors.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 29 June 2021
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But another longtime coach, Bob Huggins, said Monday the eulogy for his career won't be written anytime soon.
—Keith Jenkins, The Enquirer, 16 June 2021
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He’s kind of on edge during the eulogy, a little bit toward the end.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 25 Jan. 2022
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Kenny goes to the church to find something to use as a eulogy and hears something in the basement.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 7 May 2023
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About him and a cousin of his delivered the eulogy at the funeral.
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 14 July 2022
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Muskan Walia, a 20-year-old student at the University of Utah, shared a eulogy for the lake.
—Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022
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In his eulogy, he was described as a hero of the month-long 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war.
—Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 12 June 2024
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Mike Duggan said lots of nice things in John Levy's eulogy, got some laughs, bobbed some heads, maybe sparked some tears.
—Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2024
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And a boy was the reader of the collective eulogy, but his role as Miles was beefed up in the post-dream production work.
—Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022
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The funeral will be open to the public, and the Rev. Al Sharpton will deliver the eulogy.
—Lucas Finton, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2023
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The brief, formal event sounded, at times, like a eulogy.
—Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2021
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After Putin’s speech, the eulogies for the Wagner boss began to pour in.
—Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2023
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That scene found its way into a real-life eulogy as a fan of the show, Ryan Sainio, confronted the loss of his sister.
—Vulture, 23 Feb. 2023
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But despite the many eulogies for the metaverse, the promise has not died and the technologies seem to be improving.
—WIRED, 13 Nov. 2023
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The album—with ten tracks sung by Reed, five by Cale—is their joint eulogy and elegy.
—Kevin Dettmar, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2021
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Don’t mean to overreact here, spilling into eulogy mode, writing in the past tense.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Feb. 2022
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In his eulogy for her, her son recalled both Ms. Abramowitz’s forcefulness and reach.
—Adam Nossiter, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2024
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The book is also inevitably a eulogy for a vanishing world.
—Richard Schiffman, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Feb. 2022
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Think about what people might say in your eulogy to help direct your time now to actions that matter.
—Laura Vanderkam, WSJ, 5 Sep. 2022
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His mom, Maureen, asked him to write the obituary and deliver the eulogy.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2024
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The online eulogy for Choco Tacos has been something even the most beloved statesman or actor would envy.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 29 July 2022
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But this script, an artifact of S and me, was neither eulogy nor tombstone.
—Eliza Dumais, Travel + Leisure, 14 Feb. 2023
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On Thursday, Pam Ayres, the British poet and broadcaster, shared a brief eulogy for the pub on social media.
—Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2023
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His third-grade teacher Bobbi Hamman also shared a brief eulogy, writing that Ozuna was a great writer and an even better friend.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2024
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