as in to inter
to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea
the cemetery hearses an average of eight bodies a week
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Recent Examples of hearse
Then, as preparations for Friday's funeral began, funeral homes and hearse drivers allegedly received threats.
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Nick Spicer, NPR, 1 Mar. 2024
Funeral for Melania Trump's mother today; Palm Beach warns of traffic around church
Her casket — carrying the woman whose cooking former President Trump credited with making his youngest son 6 feet, 7 inches tall — arrived in a black Cadillac hearse Thursday morning.
—Kristina Webb, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
All of this is performed in a 135,000-square-foot factory in the dankest recesses of Lima, Ohio, by S&S Superior, a company that has been building hearses for 71 years.
—John Phillips, Car and Driver, 26 Aug. 2023
Meanwhile, most ambulance services were operated by morticians, because hearses were roomy enough for people to lie flat.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 12 July 2023
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Nick Spicer, NPR, 1 Mar. 2024
Funeral for Melania Trump's mother today; Palm Beach warns of traffic around church
Her casket — carrying the woman whose cooking former President Trump credited with making his youngest son 6 feet, 7 inches tall — arrived in a black Cadillac hearse Thursday morning.
—Kristina Webb, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
All of this is performed in a 135,000-square-foot factory in the dankest recesses of Lima, Ohio, by S&S Superior, a company that has been building hearses for 71 years.
—John Phillips, Car and Driver, 26 Aug. 2023
Meanwhile, most ambulance services were operated by morticians, because hearses were roomy enough for people to lie flat.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 12 July 2023
See All Example Sentences for hearse
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“Hearse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hearse. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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