Sample Sentences forepitaph (editor-reviewed)
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John Belushi's epitaph reads, "I may be gone, but Rock and Roll lives on."epitaph = text written on his tombstone
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Dorothy Parker's epitaph reads, "Excuse my dust."epitaph = text written on a tombstone
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W.C. Fields epitaph reads: Here lies W.C. Fields. On the whole, I would rather be living in Philadelphia.epitaph = text written on his tombstone
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Martin Luther King's epitaph reads: Free at Last, Free at Last Thank God Almighty I'm Free at Last.
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I want to lead a life that permits a true and honorable epitaph.epitaph = short texts in memory of dead people
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You done wrote his epitaph too—like the rest of the world? (source)epitaph = short text to be inscribed on a tomb in memory of the person buried there
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Only few become legend, so he chose as the epitaph for her tombstone: CATHERINE DANIELLE CLARK — "KYA" — THE MARSH GIRL — 1945-2009 (source)epitaph = text written on a tombstone
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How he would figure among them in the churchyard, between services on Sundays ... reciting for their amusement all the epitaphs on the tombstones; or... (source)epitaphs = short text inscribed on a tombstone in memory of a dead person
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Chose his own epitaph. (source)epitaph = a short text in memory of a dead person -- typically written on their tombstone
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Dead with neat stones above them, saying: 'Here lies a soldier of the Confederacy, dead for the Southland' or 'Dulce et decorum est—' or any of the other popular epitaphs.† (source)
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It would make a good epitaph for Billy Pilgrim-and for me, too.† (source)
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I used to know St. Louis, even collected epitaphs.† (source)
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Oh-h-h, tempt not the gods of the desert, Lest you seek a lonely epitaph.† (source)
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My father had picked out the headstone he wanted way back when he was so interested in epitaphs.† (source)
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He is exactly who I want to be and what I want my epitaph to say: The Boy Violet Markey Loves.† (source)
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Wonderfullest things are ever the unmentionable; deep memories yield no epitaphs; this six-inch chapter is the stoneless grave of Bulkington.† (source)
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