coffin
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.
Footage from the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim news agency, showed hundreds of mourners bowing their heads in front of a group of at least 18 coffins draped in the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
From BBC
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
“It’s just, if you will, another nail in the coffin of us standing in the world.”
From Salon
Switching her skirts around the coffin and trying not to look in it, she settled on the bench and opened the piano.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
