coffin

Example Sentences

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Dutifully but vacantly, he keeps an all-night vigil by her coffin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Several hundred people also gathered in the chapel car park as her coffin was removed from a horse drawn carriage and taken inside.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

“It’s just, if you will, another nail in the coffin of us standing in the world.”

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

I find this really irritating for about 150 reasons, one of which is that in an ever-automated world, it’s another nail in the coffin of human interaction.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2026

I had been dreading Ob’s death for so long that in my mind I practically had the coffin picked out and which tie he’d wear.

From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant