1
: a small chest or box (as for jewels)
2
: a usually fancy coffin
casket
transitive verb
Examples of casket in a Sentence
bought a beautiful casket when her grandmother died
a small casket of jewels
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The hug was lying on the casket.
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Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
This reversal deeply disrespects every honorable soldier who's had our Stars and Stripes draped over their casket as Taps play in the background.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
His anguished mother insisted on an open-casket ceremony to show the world the gruesome cruelty of lynching.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
His killing galvanized the Civil Rights Movement after Till’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, insisted on an open casket so that the country could see the brutality.
—Graham Lee Brewer, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
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Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
This reversal deeply disrespects every honorable soldier who's had our Stars and Stripes draped over their casket as Taps play in the background.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
His anguished mother insisted on an open-casket ceremony to show the world the gruesome cruelty of lynching.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
His killing galvanized the Civil Rights Movement after Till’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, insisted on an open casket so that the country could see the brutality.
—Graham Lee Brewer, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for casket
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“Casket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/casket. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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