Sentence examples for commemorate dead from inspiring English sources

In Victorian times, for example, women wove human hair into brooches, hair ornaments, picture frames and chatelaines (a key chain that hooks onto a belt), to commemorate dead people or loved ones away at war.

According to the New Age, disturbing patterns of worker deaths (some 128 last year alone) prompted the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) to take action, both to commemorate dead workers and to call attention to long neglected safety issues.

By Dexter Filkins A crowd gathers to hear a recorded speech from Hezbollah's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, commemorating dead fighters.

T-shirts commemorating dead cops, bullet-proof jackets and leather badge holders sat a little awkwardly alongside more conventional sporting gear.

Jewelry commemorating dead loved ones often ends up tucked into boxes of family documents rather than kept accessible with baubles more frequently worn.

She lost two husbands and two sons to gangland hits, she commemorated dead family members with potted roses – talking to them over cups of coffee – and she was always perfectly coiffured at funerals.

Students had tried to mark "Martyrs' Day", which commemorates dead Tamil Tiger fighters.

Ms Villiers said the Tyrone Volunteers Day Parade, which commemorates dead IRA members, was "deeply insensitive" and was causing great distress to many victims of terrorism.

Peter Robinson publicly blamed Sinn Féin's backing for a Castlederg parade commemorating dead IRA members for his decision on the Maze.

The DUP leader publicly blamed Sinn Féin's backing for a Castlederg parade commemorating dead IRA members for his decision on the Maze.

He said that "for the betterment of the country", "Martyrs' Day" - which commemorates dead Tamil Tiger fighters - should not be observed by people.