coffin
Example Sentences
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A line of police officers stood to salute the passing coffin under an overcast sky.
From Barron's
A piece of Fern’s called out societal expectations that a woman “unobtrusively gather up her thimble and, retiring into some out-of-the-way place, gradually scoop out her coffin with it.”
Footage released by the Israeli military showed Gvili's coffin draped in an Israeli flag and surrounded by soldiers singing the national anthem.
From Barron's
Yorath's coffin was adorned with flowers in the blue, yellow and white colours of Leeds United, along with a floral arrangement in the shape of the Wales flag.
From BBC
White roses and lilies surrounded the coffin as it was carried into the basilica to the sound of Mozart.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
