EPITAPH in a Sentence
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Example sentences for EPITAPH, such as:
1. These films stand as an epitaph to the great director.
2. In his will, he dictated the epitaph he wanted placed on his tombstone.
3. The sturdy old man, whom he had left so short a time before, was gone, then, and this was all his epitaph.
4. Then, with a sudden dart of irony, he wondered if, when their turn came, the same epitaph would be written over him and Zeena.
5. It was his epitaph for all dead friendships and Stephen wondered whether it would ever be spoken in the same tone over his memory.
2. In his will, he dictated the epitaph he wanted placed on his tombstone.
3. The sturdy old man, whom he had left so short a time before, was gone, then, and this was all his epitaph.
4. Then, with a sudden dart of irony, he wondered if, when their turn came, the same epitaph would be written over him and Zeena.
5. It was his epitaph for all dead friendships and Stephen wondered whether it would ever be spoken in the same tone over his memory.
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Meanings and Examples of EPITAPH
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epitaph
n. a summary statement of commemoration for a dead person
n. an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there
Classic Sentence:
1 Then, with a sudden dart of irony, he wondered if, when their turn came, the same epitaph would be written over him and Zeena.
2 The sturdy old man, whom he had left so short a time before, was gone, then, and this was all his epitaph.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
3 It was his epitaph for all dead friendships and Stephen wondered whether it would ever be spoken in the same tone over his memory.
4 Wonderfullest things are ever the unmentionable; deep memories yield no epitaphs; this six-inch chapter is the stoneless grave of Bulkington.
Example Sentence:
1 In his will, he dictated the epitaph he wanted placed on his tombstone.
2 These films stand as an epitaph to the great director.