sepulcher

Example Sentences

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Dr. Reeves proposed that the tomb was, in fact, merely an antechamber to a grander sepulcher for Tutankhamun’s stepmother and predecessor, Nefertiti.

From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2022

Inside the exclusion zone, there is destruction by lava as well as burial in a sepulcher of black snow.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2021

I therefore wished to make certain that no fleck of uncertainty besmirched the white sepulcher of her legitimacy.

From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2018

But the right of sepulcher includes the presumption that family members suffer harm when their loved one's body is not promptly turned over for burial.

From Reuters • Dec. 1, 2015

At first, huddled in her sepulcher, unable either to stand up or sit down despite her small size, Alba managed to stave off madness.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende