1
: a small chest or box (as for jewels)
2
: a usually fancy coffin
casket
transitive verb
Examples of casket in a Sentence
bought a beautiful casket when her grandmother died
a small casket of jewels
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What struck me wasn’t her quiet courage—but the revelation that only men are permitted in the outer circle surrounding the Pope’s casket.
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Angela S. Mattie, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2025
His office was filled with the artifacts that people left behind in their cars: a high school diploma, a Little League uniform, an American flag that had been draped over a casket at a military funeral.
—Eli Saslow, New York Times, 4 May 2025
When Leah allows Athena to exhume her son’s grave, however, the truth comes out — there’s no body in the casket because there was nothing left to bury after the fire, a fact that Leah’s brother and husband apparently chose to keep from her.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 1 May 2025
Later, a hearse carries the casket down the hill to the Maidan, where hundreds more gather to pay their respects.
—Howard Lafranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 29 Apr. 2025
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Angela S. Mattie, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2025
His office was filled with the artifacts that people left behind in their cars: a high school diploma, a Little League uniform, an American flag that had been draped over a casket at a military funeral.
—Eli Saslow, New York Times, 4 May 2025
When Leah allows Athena to exhume her son’s grave, however, the truth comes out — there’s no body in the casket because there was nothing left to bury after the fire, a fact that Leah’s brother and husband apparently chose to keep from her.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 1 May 2025
Later, a hearse carries the casket down the hill to the Maidan, where hundreds more gather to pay their respects.
—Howard Lafranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 29 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for casket
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“Casket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/casket. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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