coffin
Example Sentences
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As they reach old age, the business of burial is poised for an influx of money and new ideas, including biodegradable coffins and holograms of the deceased to display as digital memorials.
“The earrings are worth enough to buy me a coffin and a burial, wherever I die.”
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“It belongs to his dead grandmother. They planned to bury her in it, but it was too large for the coffin.”
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He took his mother's coffin to government offices and released the song Coffin for Head of State, turning grief into protest.
From BBC
While the Rabbit Trap team had encountered other issues around filming in the country, the director called the smoking ban "the nail in the coffin" for its original plans in Wales.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.