tomb

Example Sentences

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Though concentrated, it’s situated among newly refreshed spaces containing lavishly ornamented mummy coffins, carved grave stelae, canopic jars, tomb wall reliefs and the preserved body of a woman named Gautseshenu.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

The tiles were on a panel by the tomb of Ottoman Sultan Selim II in the garden of the Hagia Sophia.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

President Tinubu and Mrs Tinubu will lay a wreath of flowers on the tomb of the late Queen Elizabeth II, in St George's Chapel.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

"And they had to tell me," she said, staring at the cement tomb where mourners had spelled out Saul's name in yellow, blue, and white flower petals.

From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026

I was looking for the tomb of a famous writer—Marcel Proust, I think, or maybe George Sand.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt