tomb

Example Sentences

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Preaching on St John's Gospel, the archbishop will tell the congregation that Jesus Christ's resurrection began while Mary waited at his tomb in grief.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Though concentrated, it’s situated among newly refreshed spaces containing lavishly ornamented mummy coffins, carved grave stelae, canopic jars, tomb wall reliefs and the preserved body of a woman named Gautseshenu.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

President Tinubu and Mrs Tinubu will lay a wreath of flowers on the tomb of the late Queen Elizabeth II, in St George's Chapel.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Mary Ann Pajo watched quietly as cemetery workers opened her son's tomb in Manila this week and removed his body for examination by a forensic pathologist.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

It looked like something fetched from a tomb, so dried and drawn.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy