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
The cars, shown Nov. 8 and 9, appeared in classes such as classics, customs, dragsters, race cars, rat rods, street rods, trucks, uniques and even hearses.
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Keenan Thompson,
USA Today,
13 Nov. 2025
There was Ozzy’s hearse up front and the family in about five black SUVs following us.
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Steve Knopper,
Billboard,
30 July 2025
Police vans and hearses were among the only available vehicles large enough to transport someone lying down.
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Lillian Ali,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 May 2025
Decorated hearses ferry visitors past the Mercer Williams House Museum, where an antiques dealer shot his lover and inspired the book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
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John Von Sothen,
airmail.news,
15 Mar. 2025
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Keenan Thompson,
USA Today,
13 Nov. 2025
There was Ozzy’s hearse up front and the family in about five black SUVs following us.
—
Steve Knopper,
Billboard,
30 July 2025
Police vans and hearses were among the only available vehicles large enough to transport someone lying down.
—
Lillian Ali,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 May 2025
Decorated hearses ferry visitors past the Mercer Williams House Museum, where an antiques dealer shot his lover and inspired the book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
—
John Von Sothen,
airmail.news,
15 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hearse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hearse
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Once a donated cadaver can no longer be used by UCSD, the remains are cremated and scattered or interred in a manner consistent with state law, the university says.
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The Gestapo arrested Mahrer in 1942 and interred him at the notoriously cruel Theresienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia.
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Minnesota Department of Transportation A pile of hailstones buried a lawn chair in Maple Grove, Minnesota.
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There is a second worry buried in the FSB report, quieter but arguably sharper.
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The bed resists public-facing things, hence its charge as a womb to tomb motif.
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Highlights include the Pyramid of Djoser or Step Pyramid—the world’s oldest pyramid—and the Mastaba of Ti tomb.
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“Hearse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hearse. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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