Crossword clues for obituaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
obituary \o*bit"u*a*ry\, n.; pl. Obituaries. [Cf. F. obituaire. See Obit.]
That which pertains to, or is called forth by, the obit or death of a person; esp., an account of a deceased person.
Especially: A notice of the death of a person, published in a newspaper or other periodical, accompanied by a biographical sketch which may be brief ro extended; as, the funeral director arranged placed an obituary in the local papaer.
pl. The section of a newspaper in which obituaries[2] are printed; as, I saw the notice of his death in the obituaries.
(R. C. Ch.) A list of the dead, or a register of anniversary days when service is performed for the dead.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of obituary English)
Usage examples of "obituaries".
Just local news, wedding announcements, church socials, honor rolls, sports coverage, pictures of basketball teams, a few recipes, a few obituaries, and pages of advertising.
There was a whole, new, fertile world of obituaries waiting out there, and Mr.
There he brought to an art form the obituaries, which would forever be Spot's claim to fame.
I grew to resent the ridiculous obituaries and the endless pressure of the deadlines.
The most avidly read obituaries are of those who died too soon and those who lasted beyond expectations.
Here comes the dicey part when I've got to explain—very delicately—that when it comes to obituaries, it's now or never.
Even when riven with errors, obituaries rarely cause headaches for editors.
I use the interlude to pluck from the galley stovetop the latest issues of Spin and Rolling Stone, both of which are open to obituaries of Jimmy Stoma.
Polk, even the Death page has been restored to its former glory, with two full-length obituaries running daily.
In those days, murders were a rare enough occurrence to usually land on the front page, so Smithback confined himself to perusing the front pagesand the obituaries, looking for the announcement of Leng's death which would interest O'Shaughnessy as well as himself.
In those days, murders were a rare enough occurrence to usually land on the front page, so Smithback confined himself to perusing the front pages—and the obituaries, looking for the announcement of Leng’s death which would interest O’Shaughnessy as well as himself.
I thought I’d check the old obituaries for some of my parents’ cousins.
It's like people who read the obituaries and call the surviving spouse for a date immediately after the funeral.
Staring at the obituaries spread out on the grimy and ink-stained table top before him, Asher glanced at his list of Lotta's admirers since the early '80s and thought about Dennis Blaydon.