pine box
Example Sentences
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About 30,000 people attended that event, Fernando Chavez said, and when family members grew tired of carrying the simple pine box through the streets of Delano, Calif., others stepped in.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2024
The body was then carried in a pine box, often made by the local cabinet maker, to the nearby graveyard where it was interred and eventually became one with the earth.
From Slate • Oct. 31, 2022
Like the guy who said he’d leave Ole Miss in a pine box, shortly before the helicopter to Auburn landed.
From Fox News • Jun. 12, 2020
As they moved the coffins out of the coroner’s truck, they’d say “rest in peace” or draw a cross on the pine box, or say goodbye.
From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2020
Jinx climbed into the pit, then helped lower the pine box.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
