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
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.
—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
But outside, under the church portico, two long hearses — one black, one white — waited.
—Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 16 Feb. 2025
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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.
—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
But outside, under the church portico, two long hearses — one black, one white — waited.
—Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 16 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hearse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hearse
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So, after the temple is remediated, the prayer books and what’s left of their pages will be collected, commemorated with a funeral and interred, Shemper said.—
Jason Carroll,
CNN Money,
18 Jan. 2026
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The Etruscans often interred their deceased in necropolises, which is where the Sapienza University team recovered 30 teeth from 10 individuals who died during the 7th and 6th centuries.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
14 Jan. 2026
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Given one final chance to tie, Mazzulla sent Gonzalez back in as a late sub, and the 19-year-old buried one from the left corner to force a second OT.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
24 Jan. 2026
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Tourists are urged to lock up their food and trash, and anglers instructed to bury any bait that may attract scavengers.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
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In order to become proper Chinese third graders—to go all the way from Heaven to tomb—Natasha and Ariel needed to memorize a total of sixteen hundred characters.—
Peter Hessler,
The New Yorker,
26 June 2023
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“Hearse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hearse. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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