entomb

Example Sentences

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As the brick walls grew taller, he knew he would be entombed inside the labyrinth.

From Literature

“You can tell a lot about a street by the type of chairs and how they’re placed,” said Knapp, who walked 2.5 miles round trip for groceries and beer while his car was entombed.

From The Wall Street Journal

Many of Tehran’s nuclear assets are entombed inside bombed facilities or at less-affected sites.

From The Wall Street Journal

Cars were entombed up to the tops of their wheels in sediment.

From Los Angeles Times

And, in the San Francisco Bay Area, burrowing rodents may be digging into entombed trash at a landfill-turned-park, unloosing explosive levels of methane.

From Los Angeles Times