coffin

Example Sentences

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

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

It was returned to DRC authorities in a coffin during an official ceremony in 2022 in a bid to turn a page on the grim chapter of its colonial past.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

After an hour-long ceremony, the mourners - many of whom concealed their identities using face masks - followed the coffin as it was carried to the grave.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

“Paul McCartney: Man on the Run” revisits this period when the former Beatle’s music was often dismissed and he was cast as a villain who drove the final nail into his old group’s coffin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Then he pointed directly down into the coffin and its contents.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck