sepulcher

Example Sentences

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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

This is what Christiansen refers to as his “bathing cathedral”: Part hammam, part sepulcher, the 400-square-foot structure holds a fireplace and a poured-concrete tub oriented toward the sunrise.

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2018

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

From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2018

Right to sepulcher lawsuits, which are rare, typically are filed against institutions such as hospitals that handle bodies.

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