entomb

Example Sentences

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Underwater avalanches buried anemones and other soft-bodied animals, entombing them to become fossils.

From Science Magazine

Last week, the Ukrainian authorities said that monks affiliated with Moscow could no longer visit the caves beneath the monastery complex, which are full of entombed monks, religious relics and icons.

From New York Times

That work revealed giant skylights that were entombed under years’ worth of added plaster ceilings, with huge nets to catch falling pieces of debris and garbage bins to capture leaks from rainwater.

From Seattle Times

Some residents were effectively entombed in their houses due to impassable roads or towering snow berms that blocked their driveways.

From Los Angeles Times

And the ones who would love him — entombed as they are in trite conventions of thought and feeling — barely register at all.

From New York Times