coffin

Example Sentences

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Clutching a mysterious tool the shape of a mouse coffin, Firth’s villain tracks Daniel’s location by mentally transplanting himself into another person’s body, changing the color of their pupils to his own icy blue.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

"At the beginning, people believed it was a coffin affair," said Jonathan Imbalapay, a civil society leader in Mongbwalu.

From Barron's • May 24, 2026

The author’s ambivalence resembles that of the fellow who supposedly protested the mixing of classes on the dance floor by commissioning a wood-and-plaster coffin as a costume for a Cornelys masquerade in 1771.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Moments after the 12:53 train service to Saltburn trundles by beyond the fence, a new coffin is added to the sad collection.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Not because we were too old, but because Daddy didn’t have a coffin.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce