cremate - use in sentences

Object

  • body: An average family would bury their dead in a grave, or cremate the body.
  • remain: Can I have my cremated remains buried in my family grave?
  • coffin: Back to top Is the coffin cremated with the body?
  • bone: Their cremated bones were placed in an urn under a large stone in the southern part of the cairn.
  • ash: Many sites also provide for space for cremated ashes to be buried.

Preposition: on

  • pyre: Bert died the next day and he along with several others were cremated on the pyre like fire.
  • beach: In somewhat dramatic form, Shelley's body was cremated on the beach witnessed by a small group of friends, including Byron.
  • bank: The body was taken in procession to the Belur Math compound where it was cremated on the bank of the Ganga.

Preposition: at

  • crematorium: In compliance with a wish of the dead squire, his remains were cremated at the Crematorium at Golder's Green the previous day.

Modifying Another Word

  • always: Without exception the coffin is always cremated with the body.
  • then: Hang on a minute if you haven't been cremated yet then what are you doing here already?
  • together: The coffin and the body inside are cremated together.
  • separately: Each coffin is separately cremated and is treated with the utmost respect once it has been entrusted to our care.
  • either: I dont REALLY want to be cremated either, I think this is because I never want to die.

Preposition: in

  • accordance: He was cremated in accordance with his wishes on the 11 th July 2003 and his ashes were scattered in a garden of remembrance.
  • cremator: Back to top Can more than one body be cremated in a cremator at the same time?
  • oven: Almost all of them were cremated in ovens fueled by coke.

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