Sentence examples for the bier from inspiring English sources

A priest precedes the bier, pouring libations and burning incense.

Coffee and tea were prepared by the bier.

They marched into the great hall, and put down the bier.

The men recited prayers around the bier, which was draped in an orange shroud.

Whispering as he stood beside the bier, he said: "A lot of people say he was a dictator.

As the cathedral clock strikes the hour, the coffin will be carried into the cathedral and placed upon the bier under the dome.

Lean dogs sniff around red (velvet-wrapped?) bone shapes scattered around the biers.

The Biers had traveled overseas with other Ponds residents once before, but their most frequent travels were to Atlantic City, where Mrs. Bier played dollar slots.

Its composition also suggests an Orthodox Christian icon – the objects isolated in light instead of gold leaf; the biers echoing the black shapes on the icons of the Nativity and the Resurrection.

Viewers of "Homeland" see the biers on a big screen in the CIA war room in Kabul.

Measurement of back muscle endurance (BME) was performed using the Biering-Sorenson test [ 22].