coffin

Example Sentences

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As Mr Soodthoop tried to explain to the brother how to obtain a death certificate, the temple's staff heard a faint knock coming from inside the coffin.

From BBC

Mourners gathered to watch the sight of Lilia's small white coffin, adorned with butterflies, arrive in a horse-drawn carriage.

From BBC

The collapse happened in Recife's Paulista suburb, where some residents called this type of four-storey building a "coffin block", complaining of poor construction.

From BBC

“I lost everything in the crash. My wife and daughter were laid in a coffin with the word ‘martyr’ on it.

From New York Times

She spent her summers at her Highlands castle, Balmoral, and after she died there in September, huge crowds lined the route to bid her farewell as a hearse bore her coffin to Edinburgh.

From New York Times