coffin

Example Sentences

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"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

But the 80-kilometre journey on the eastern DRC's infamously rickety and bumpy roads damaged the coffin, exposing the Ebola-ridden corpse to the world.

From Barron's • May 24, 2026

For some industry moguls, the thought of sweeping AI regulation has been the nail in the coffin.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Another told me: "It's not possible to put any more nails in his coffin without it being made of nails, but this is another one."

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

The next day, Karl came back with a small, sound coffin he had built himself.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson