How to Use hearse in a Sentence

hearse

noun
Definition of hearsenext
Synonyms for hearsenext
  • Large crowds lined the streets to catch a glimpse of the hearse.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 12 July 2022
  • Some pulled their cars to the side of the road to stop and watch the hearse pass.
    — Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Sobs and cries rose from a green house where the hearse pulled to a stop.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Abe's body was carried in a hearse from the temple and through the streets of Tokyo.
    — Joohee Cho, ABC News, 12 July 2022
  • Now, the hearse turned into the cemetery, trailed by a long line of cars.
    — Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2021
  • The descent to the street, where the men will meet a hearse, is a treacherous one.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2023
  • It was then transferred to a state hearse for the journey to Windsor.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2022
  • The coffin was at the mouth of the hearse, resting waist-high on a stand, the lid unscrewed and sitting on top.
    — Mary Costello, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
  • At the end of the clip, Carpenter also drives away from the house of worship in a pink hearse.
    — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Her casket, pictured here in a hearse, is adorned with a U.S. flag.
    — Kyler Alvord, Peoplemag, 5 Oct. 2023
  • When the queen's hearse finally drove swiftly by, the crowd clapped and cheered.
    — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2022
  • After that, the state hearse will take the coffin to Buckingham Palace.
    — Michael Wright, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Then Reveille, one more hymn and a blessing, and Brown’s casket was carried back out of the church and driven away in a hearse.
    — Brian Melley, ajc, 25 May 2023
  • The hearse carrying Williams, who died in a wrong-way car crash at age 39 on Jan. 5, stopped before the crowd of mourners.
    — Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Mandel took a photograph of his father in front of the hearse, framed it, and put it in his office.
    — Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 29 Nov. 2021
  • At Wellington Arch, the coffin was transferred to the state hearse with its glass roof, to travel to Windsor.
    — WSJ, 19 Sep. 2022
  • From there, a hearse brings the coffin to Windsor for internment.
    — Time, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Chandar long dreamed of having a hearse to use as a mobile art storefront.
    — Hamza Shaban, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The state hearse arrived at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor for the service of committal.
    — WSJ, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Ahead of the ceremony, Kelsey led a hearse pulled by three black horses through Petts Wood.
    — Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com, 20 Apr. 2022
  • And, as Pope Francis points out, there will not be a moving van behind the hearse that carries our body away.
    — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 14 Feb. 2022
  • This goth couple is so committed to the macabre that their mode of transportation is a hearse.
    — Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 21 Feb. 2024
  • As troops lined the picturesque path leading to Windsor Castle, the thumping of drums echoed in the air as marching bands walked ahead of a hearse.
    — Jill Lawless, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2022
  • The coffin was then taken by hearse to Buckingham Palace.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 14 Sep. 2022
  • And yet a lot of people eyeing your hearse may feel otherwise.
    — Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2021
  • The coffin is being carried on the state hearse—the same one that will be used at her funeral next Monday.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Sep. 2022
  • As two of the friends' bodies were returned Thursday to the U.S. in hearses, calls grew for action to be taken to crush the Gulf cartel.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Guards filed into the gates of Windsor, keeping the hearse surrounded.
    — Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Clark said the woman’s body had been in the hearse since shortly after death until its recent discovery.
    — Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 23 Feb. 2024
  • In fact, before his death in 2021, Prince Philip designed a custom Land Rover to carry his hearse in the official funeral procession.
    — Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 21 Feb. 2024

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