How to Use cremate in a Sentence

cremate

verb

• He wants to be cremated when he dies.
• His body went unclaimed, and he was subsequently cremated.
  — Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
• Not sure what to make of the pile, Cassidy asked a co-worker, who said that it was obviously cremated human remains.
  — The Editors, Curbed, 2 Dec. 2024
• In the end, both Dahmer’s body and his brain were cremated, per the Los Angeles Times.
  — Jessica Sager, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
• That wasn’t possible because Guillot Jr.’s remains had been cremated.
  — Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
• For those who want to cremate but not bury their pet, the cost is $550.
  — Annabelle Williams, Philly.com, 3 July 2018
• And is the fire the reason that Jack's body was cremated?
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 27 Sep. 2017
• Miller’s body had been cremated by the Chapel of the Angels.
  — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
• He was cremated back in March and is housed in a small pine box.
  — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
• This is morbid, but is the fact that Jack was cremated have to do with the fire?
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 27 Sep. 2017
• He will be cremated and put out to sea, which was his love.
  — sun-sentinel.com, 18 Aug. 2019
• Some cremate the remains, some lay them beneath the open sky, and others place them in the ground.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 6 Apr. 2018
• That body is dead and was taken to be cremated and buried.
  — Anna Fifield, Washington Post, 14 May 2018
• That’s still less than Japan, where 99 percent of the dead are cremated.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 11 Aug. 2017
• Huey was cremated and brought back home to be with her husband to watch over her.
  — orlandosentinel.com, 4 Dec. 2019
• The friend waited over three days to cremate his mother.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2021
• The late King will be cremated on October 26, and most Thais will take the day off work.
  — Ryan Craggs, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2017
• The fires raged for two-and-a-half days, cremating most of the 900 bodies that still remain onboard.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 30 May 2018
• The sherpas also hope to bring back the dead bodies of three mountaineers who were killed in the death zone, and plan to cremate them near the base camp.
  — Smriti Rao, Discover Magazine, 19 Apr. 2010
• The family travelled to Tibet to retrieve and cremate the body in a pyre at base camp.
  — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2022
• So is their decision to cremate Jackie’s body since the ground is frozen.
  — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2023
• If a body will be cremated, will the ashes be scattered?
  — USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2020
• The modern-day story sees them cremating one of their own.
  — Will Nevin, OregonLive.com, 20 Apr. 2018
• The Tripathis cremated Sunil a few days after he was found.
  — Elizabeth Koh, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2023
• Now the hospital is asking the families to sign a form to cremate the deceased.
  — Arkansas Online, 10 Apr. 2022
• The court also overturned a 2014 ruling by a lower court that had ordered the state to cremate the guru.
  — Anish Gawande, CNN, 6 July 2017
• One of those was the practice of cremating the dead, which shows up, along with copper grave goods, at sites from the Great Lakes to Tennessee.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 31 July 2018
• Because the ground was too hard to be dug up, the team opts to cremate her, though Shauna doesn’t let anyone take Jackie’s clothes.
  — Radhika Menon, ELLE, 30 Mar. 2023
• Gianni's body was cremated and the ashes placed in a gold box.
  — Molly Young, GQ, 20 Mar. 2018
• The unused body parts are cremated and returned to the family at no cost.
  — Stephanie Innes, AZCentral.com, 10 June 2019

Last Updated: 1 Feb 2025