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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Rosebud Lee — like Emmett Till’s mother, months later — insisted her husband’s casket be open at his funeral.
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Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
At the church, a contingent of the Patriot Guard, who had ridden alongside, welcomed him, and an Honor Guard from the Army’s National 40th Division carried in his casket for a small, private ceremony that included military honors.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 6 Nov. 2025
The closing scene is a somber picture, as Rosalia imagines her own casket, adorned with magnolias.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2025
Stand on your seats and give it up for a genre that refused to flatline, even when the think pieces already had the casket picked out.
—Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2025
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Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
At the church, a contingent of the Patriot Guard, who had ridden alongside, welcomed him, and an Honor Guard from the Army’s National 40th Division carried in his casket for a small, private ceremony that included military honors.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 6 Nov. 2025
The closing scene is a somber picture, as Rosalia imagines her own casket, adorned with magnolias.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2025
Stand on your seats and give it up for a genre that refused to flatline, even when the think pieces already had the casket picked out.
—Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 29 Oct. 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 12 Nov. 2025.
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