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
“This could have been my coffin,” said John McDermott, a formerly homeless man, gesturing to the pine box.
From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2013
A few days later, Henrietta’s body made the long, winding train ride from Baltimore to Clover in a plain pine box, which was all Day could afford.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
