coffin

Example Sentences

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King Tutankhamun’s tomb, containing the pharaoh’s solid-gold inner coffin and death mask.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

“It’s just, if you will, another nail in the coffin of us standing in the world.”

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

It was returned to DRC authorities in a coffin during an official ceremony in 2022 in a bid to turn a page on the grim chapter of its colonial past.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

After Andrea died in September, Diaco helped carry her coffin at her funeral.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

We were about to turn eleven years old, and that was too old to get passed over the coffin.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce