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

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

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

He was buried Monday in a gold-colored coffin in a cemetery near the military base in Zapopan.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 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

People have places to go and things to do and the new episodes come on in half an hour, and besides, they are all much too polite to notice that the coffin is empty.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson