On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Urn. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as vase or pot and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Urn meaning
- A vase with a footed base.
- A metal vessel for serving tea or coffee.
- A vessel for the ashes or cremains of a deceased person.
Using Urn
- The main meaning on this page is: A vase with a footed base. | A metal vessel for serving tea or coffee. | A vessel for the ashes or cremains of a deceased person.
- Useful related words include: vase, pot.
- In the example corpus, urn often appears in combinations such as: the urn, an urn, urn and.
Context around Urn
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 13 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Urn
- In this selection, "urn" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, expensive, miniature, shaped, full, contains and symbolizes stand out and add context to how "urn" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a decorative urn outside and and accompanying the urn said the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "urn" sits close to words such as adrienne, airlift and alisson, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with urn
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The tourists retained the urn. (5 words)
An urn full of ashes isn't much better. (9 words)
He also has an urn picked out for his ashes. (10 words)
The urn has never been the official trophy of the Ashes series, having been a personal gift to Bligh. citation However, replicas of the urn are often held aloft by victorious teams as a symbol of their victory in an Ashes series. (42 words)
However, during the tour of Australia in 2006/7, the MCC official accompanying the urn said the veil legend had been discounted, and it was now "95% certain" that the urn contains the ashes of a cricket bail. (38 words)
I have a little corner in my house where I put my daughter’s urn and where I have a little frame of her footprints, her sonogram, and some letters that we got from the hospital. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
However, during the tour of Australia in 2006/7, the MCC official accompanying the urn said the veil legend had been discounted, and it was now "95% certain" that the urn contains the ashes of a cricket bail.
The urn has never been the official trophy of the Ashes series, having been a personal gift to Bligh. citation However, replicas of the urn are often held aloft by victorious teams as a symbol of their victory in an Ashes series.
When Darnley died in 1927 his widow presented the urn to the Marylebone Cricket Club and that was the key event in establishing the urn as the physical embodiment of the legendary ashes.
A draw is more creditable for the team that doesn’t hold the urn, because they’ve at least improved on their previous effort.
An urn full of ashes isn't much better.
As Todd prepares for his first RestEasy wake, he’s shocked when Troy urges him to cash in on the family’s grief by flogging them a more expensive urn.
He then removed a bag from the urn and waved it around.
I have a little corner in my house where I put my daughter’s urn and where I have a little frame of her footprints, her sonogram, and some letters that we got from the hospital.
Mankind grabs the urn from Paul Bearer and tries to use it, but Paul Bearer takes it back.
Subsequently, the ashes are returned to their families on Earth in a premium miniature urn.
The tourists retained the urn.
When he died, he was cremated and his ashes were placed in a large moka pot-shaped urn.
A draped object, such as an urn, symbolizes sorrow, she added.
Coats, cell phones, bags full of cash, an urn full of cremains, that kind of thing, get left behind all the time.
Flintoff was one of the key players in the iconic 2005 Ashes series and also helped England reclaim the urn from the old enemy in 2009 before retiring a year later.
He also has an urn picked out for his ashes.
He had even placed them in an urn, which he then positioned in pride of place on the mantelpiece of his front room.
He then turned to the task of refilling the urn with the ashes that he now must believe are his wife’s.
He thought it would be funny to climb into a decorative urn outside and crouch down inside it.
In the vision, Michael stands before the urn with his ashes.
Common combinations with urn
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the urn 45×
- an urn 15×
- urn and 8×
- urn containing 8×
- urn is 6×
- urn with 5×
- one urn 4×
- ashes urn 4×
- urn full 3×
- urn will 3×