coffin

Example Sentences

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In Tel Aviv, a crowd of hostage families and their supporters marched with six prop coffins.

From BBC

Guardiola's connections with Real's rivals was not forgotten by the home faithful and it is ironic that a Barca man might have been the person to hammer the final nail in Alonso's coffin.

From BBC

Beyond Meat’s fiscal third-quarter earnings report, issued in November, appeared to be the final nail in the coffin for the stock, which was briefly on course to be a hot name among retail investors.

From Barron's

“These coffin things and all that stuff, no way,” she said.

From Salon

“In five years, we’ll look back and realize this wasn’t the final nail in the coffin of the studio system. It was just a much-needed system update.”

From Los Angeles Times