How to Use urn in a Sentence

urn

noun

• For now, the Leonards are storing the urn in their garage.
  — J. Staas Haught, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2022
• The urn speaks of the unity of Truth and Beauty; the jar is mute.
  — Christopher Benfey, The New York Review of Books, 20 Apr. 2023
• But of course, by then, the urn is no longer in his window.
  — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
• Place the legs upside down in a tall urn filled with moss.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2022
• In a shrewd metaphor, Tanya can’t even get the urn open herself.
  — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 25 July 2021
• Pry the stem off the larger pumpkin, and place it on an urn.
  — Woman's Day Staff, Woman's Day, 9 Sep. 2019
• Mullen said the Navy has told her the bill was an error and has sent her a new urn.
  — Kiran Dhillon, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2022
• Fill out the front steps with black lanterns, pumpkins, and urns filled with mums.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2023
• The Spanish urn has been sealed in the tomb since around the first century.
  — Henry Austin, NBC News, 19 June 2024
• On the right canoe, the urn with Bowlen’s ashes was placed in the first seat and Guard was in the second seat.
  — Ryan O'Halloran, The Denver Post, 28 July 2019
• The rest will go in an urn, and, Brock said, with her into her grave when her time comes.
  — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2024
• The researchers found the wine in another urn, which was made of glass.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 June 2024
• Next to the urns of coffee and tea are columns of Waffle House cups.
  — al, 17 Nov. 2019
• Horner pulled a small urn from his backpack and began to sob.
  — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
• In the Great Hall, the large urns sit bereft of their usual immense sprays of fresh flowers.
  — Jason Farago, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2020
• A few inches away stood a framed photograph of a dog and, next to this, a squat urn.
  — New York Times, 9 Feb. 2022
• McKnight drove to her sister’s office and showed her the urn.
  — Star Tribune, 2 Oct. 2020
• In the past couple of years Jones put the ashes of both his parents in urns in a modest niche.
  — Bob Morris, Town & Country, 16 Aug. 2017
• Our style was called ram’s head: two swoopy pieces of scrollwork with what looks like an urn in the middle.
  — Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2021
• The grill had been scrubbed, but the coffee urn hadn’t been cleaned and the floor was only partially mopped.
  — Ryan Katz, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2022
• The sight of the urn holding Dante McFallo’s ashes pulled the teens away from their phones.
  — Noelle Crombie, The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, 11 Dec. 2022
• And in the center, the blue cloisonné urn with her son’s ashes.
  — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 July 2021
• Place pumpkins in urns; drape moss around base of each pumpkin.
  — Woman's Day Staff, Woman's Day, 5 Sep. 2019
• The 1-year-old will kiss them and rub on her father’s urn that sits at their house, Faison-Craven said.
  — Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 22 July 2022
• That was because Ivan’s ashes were not in the urn, Street alleges.
  — Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2021
• The pet owner will decide what kind of urn, clay or ink paw prints or fur clippings the choose.
  — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2024
• Turn the area into a fountain with public art in it that sits on the four points where the urns beneath the pedestal stand now.
  — Kevin Litten, NOLA.com, 30 May 2017
• Just then, her mom pulls out an urn of her father's ashes.
  — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 9 Sep. 2021
• Now, his cap and gown rests inside his bedroom across from his urn.
  — Elaine Aradillas, PEOPLE.com, 9 Dec. 2021
• The inner walls of the brick tomb chambers were coated with gypsum mud, according to the release, and glazed pottery urns were discovered in the vertical tombs.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 10 July 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024