1
a
: an excavation in which a corpse is buried : grave
b
: a place of interment
2
: a house, chamber, or vault for the dead
3
: a building or structure resembling a tomb (as in appearance)
Examples of tomb in a Sentence
Noun
the tomb of Alexander the Great
explored the historic graveyard and saw tombs that dated back two centuries
Verb
Forest Lawn is where many of Tinseltown's immortals are tombed for all eternity.
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Charna Flam, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
In 2004, two 6-foot-tall statues of Chinese soldiers — a gift from sister city Xi’an, and replicas of some of the 7,000 life-sized terra cotta warriors found at the tomb of China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang — were installed at the north end of the bridge.
—Eric Adler
august 17, Kansas City Star, 17 Aug. 2025
Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
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Noun
The day commemorates the 1922 discovery of King Tut’s tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings by a British archaeologist.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
In 2004, two 6-foot-tall statues of Chinese soldiers — a gift from sister city Xi’an, and replicas of some of the 7,000 life-sized terra cotta warriors found at the tomb of China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang — were installed at the north end of the bridge.
—Eric Adler
august 17, Kansas City Star, 17 Aug. 2025
Verb
In order to become proper Chinese third graders—to go all the way from Heaven to tomb—Natasha and Ariel needed to memorize a total of sixteen hundred characters.
—Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
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“Tomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tomb. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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