coffin

Example Sentences

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Soldiers stretch a Ukrainian flag over a shiny wooden coffin and stand silently alongside in the sparkling white snow.

From BBC

At the burial he sprinkled earth on the coffin, and I felt as though he were leaving a part of his own life force in the grave.

From Literature

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.

From The Wall Street Journal

“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