obit
IPA: ˈoʊbɪt
noun
- (archaic) Death of a person.
- (Christianity, historical) A mass or other service held for the soul of a dead person.
- A record of a person's death.
- (colloquial) An obituary.
Examples of "obit" in Sentences
- The obit was in the Daily Telegraph.
- That, and the only source is an obit.
- This is an editorially prepared obit.
- Another article submitted as an obit.
- Hoping to stumble on an obit or something.
- That was it, the whole reason for the obit.
- The obits are, not surprisingly, reverential.
- And the NY obit is not sufficient in and of itself.
- Their political obit is practically writing itself.
- Also the obiter dictum is often taken in to account.
- Apologies for the clumsy citations of the two items from the Time obit.
- Editor’s Note: A well written obit is the equivalent of a fine essay or short story.
- The obit is part of a series of segments with prominent individuals called "Last Word."
- ACTUAL RECORDS no medals, no pilot, no SEAL yet his obit is what will stand through time
- Maybe when Reynolds goes, his obit will be the only Instapundit post to allow comments...
- Unfortunately, the 1,236-word obit never once uses the "t" word that would best sum up Habash's life -- "terrorist."
- Kollock, Peter (November 1, 1959 – January 10, 2009) Daily Bruin obit; UCLA Today obit; Connected Action tribute (blog)
- It's only fitting to link to the Washington Post obituary, co-credited to Woodward himself, although the New York Times obit is actually more enlightening.
- April 14th, 2005 at 1:07 pm one thing that took me a bit offguard from the obit were the mentioning of her friendship with brittish author Michael Moorcock.