Examples of “funeral” in a Sentence

noun A ceremony held to honor someone who has died, typically with the body present.

• Hundreds of people attended the firefighter's funeral.
• The funeral was held at the church where she had worshipped for forty years.
• Everyone wore black to the funeral and spoke quietly outside the chapel.

noun A sermon delivered as part of such a ceremony.

• The priest gave a moving funeral that brought the whole congregation to tears.