coffin

Example Sentences

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In a World Cup where the boffins with their big brainy heads and their super computers are working overtime on who might play who in the last 32, there are other calculations worth conjuring with.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026

Yet at that moment—in sequestered design studios scattered around California—engineering boffins were up to their elbows in the next generation of EV pickups, and still are.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 20, 2026

“It fits into this idea that a group of boffins with a bit of wool and some yards of wire and some bits and bobs can win the war,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2023

“This is a genuine enquiry for yourself or any Eurofooty boffins who might be following,” begins Stephen Carr.

From The Guardian • Aug. 18, 2020

This was just six feet of machine that boffins and brain-boys had turned out for their own amusement.

From Arm of the Law by Harrison, Harry