coffin

Example Sentences

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“The earrings are worth enough to buy me a coffin and a burial, wherever I die.”

From Literature

“It belongs to his dead grandmother. They planned to bury her in it, but it was too large for the coffin.”

From Literature

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

A line of police officers stood to salute the passing coffin under an overcast sky.

From Barron's