entombed
Example Sentences
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Spontaneous applause erupted — and even some tears were shed — at the battered parking structure where Gil had been entombed since the two temblors struck within seconds of each other on June 24.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
By then, it was too late for many entombed in the detritus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
Full of sorrow and restraint, the opening verses are entombed by muffled synths before Liene explodes into an operatic wail of catharsis in the dying moments.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
We’ll have robot cars, robocops, terminators and a fully functioning Skynet that grades social status from Instagram likes—unless we’re all entombed Matrix-like in pods wearing Neurolinks to capture our psychic energy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026
Shakespeare told us precious little of the man whom he entombed in his linguistic sarcophagus.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
