EPITAPH in a Sentence

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For EPITAPH, below is one of 6 sentences:
It was his epitaph for all dead friendships and Stephen wondered whether it would ever be spoken in the same tone over his memory.

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 Meanings and Examples of EPITAPH
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
epitaph
 n.  inscription on tombstone in memory
Classic Sentence:
1  Then, with a sudden dart of irony, he wondered if, when their turn came, the same epitaph would be written over him and Zeena.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
2  The sturdy old man, whom he had left so short a time before, was gone, then, and this was all his epitaph.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
3  It was his epitaph for all dead friendships and Stephen wondered whether it would ever be spoken in the same tone over his memory.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
4  Wonderfullest things are ever the unmentionable; deep memories yield no epitaphs; this six-inch chapter is the stoneless grave of Bulkington.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 23. The Lee Shore.
Example Sentence:
1  In his will, he dictated the epitaph he wanted placed on his tombstone.
2  These films stand as an epitaph to the great director.