coffin

Example Sentences

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Dutifully but vacantly, he keeps an all-night vigil by her coffin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Several hundred people also gathered in the chapel car park as her coffin was removed from a horse drawn carriage and taken inside.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

“It’s just, if you will, another nail in the coffin of us standing in the world.”

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

The dearth of public transport is another nail in the coffin of the sputtering economy.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

The next day, Karl came back with a small, sound coffin he had built himself.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson