How to Use casket in a Sentence

casket

noun

• Crowds lined the streets to catch a glimpse of the Queen's casket.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2022
• The box was placed in a casket and flown to DRC on June 21.
  — Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 22 June 2022
• He was buried in a light blue suit, in a light blue casket.
  — James E. Causey, jsonline.com, 20 Apr. 2022
• Her casket was lowered to the strains of a lament from the queen’s bagpiper.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2022
• Another soldier makes the same trek and stands at the foot of the casket.
  — Fox News, 17 Jan. 2023
• At the foot of the hill, people cluster around an open casket.
  — Murray Whyte, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2022
• At his wake, Goines lay in a casket with two of his novels.
  — Bill McGraw, Detroit Free Press, 2 Jan. 2022
• At the turn of the new year, 2018, Newsweek tweeted a photograph of Dr. King in his casket.
  — Ebony Flake, Essence, 16 Jan. 2023
• But one tradition that would be retained is the placing on the casket of the book of the Gospels.
  — Time, 28 Dec. 2022
• But many of its young men who went off to fight have returned in caskets.
  — Sabra Ayres, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
• People pay for The Sims to be able to make a skin tone that doesn't make my Sims look casket ready.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 23 June 2022
• The procession stretched three miles long; the casket was placed on the back of a farm wagon pulled by mules.
  — Clarence B. Jones, The New Yorker, 18 July 2023
• When his casket shut closed and a hymn began, the room erupted in grief.
  — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 31 May 2022
• In the first scene, a character also named David pops out of the casket dressed in a white suit and bow tie.
  — Megan O’Grady, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2023
• The officers will take turns to stand vigil at the corners of the casket in 20-minute shifts around the clock.
  — Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2022
• Aside from the gravedigger, Ruslan Trebushkin is the last to toss dirt on the casket, which had been closed.
  — Cara Anna, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2022
• Then the casket was lowered, and cemetery workers came with a Bobcat to fill the hole and break down the tent.
  — Ted Genoways, The New Republic, 25 May 2023
• The wagon carrying the casket gets stuck in a pothole, and as the crowd surges to touch the queen, the casket rocks.
  — Omar L. Gallaga, Washington Post, 24 June 2024
• The first was Amerie Jo Garza, 10, buried Tuesday in a silver casket.
  — Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2022
• Clever lines drop down on these pages like flowers thrown on a casket.
  — Washington Post, 10 May 2022
• The pages of an open book of the Gospels blew in the wind atop the simple cypress casket containing his remains.
  — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2023
• 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
• With the casket open, Navalny’s mother and father stroked and kissed his head.
  — Dasha Litvinova and Katie Marie Davies, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
• The owner shares that he’ll be buried in one of his caskets, then crawls into the car (read: casket) and closes the door.
  — Rayna Rossitto, Vulture, 13 June 2023
• Yellow and blue paint scheme with a casket sticking out of the truck bed cab and spoked wagon wheels.
  — Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 7 June 2024
• His son Philippe stood with the family by the casket for days as mourners streamed to the village from around the country.
  — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
• Diane Berol, far left, stands by as the casket of her husband John Berol is buried at sea.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2022
• An open casket at the other end of the room held Justin, who wore a black suit and a black bow tie, a rosary draped over his folded hands.
  — Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 10 Dec. 2021
• The brothers’ caskets, draped in matching white cloths with golden crosses, were placed head-to-head at the base of the lectern and in front of the mourners within the church.
  — David Close, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024
• Ceremonies began around noon as Coolidge’s casket, draped in the American flag, was brought into the courtyard.
  — Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 18 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024