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Examples of coffin in a Sentence
coffins are said to be the preferred sleeping places of vampires
Recent Examples of coffin from the Web
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And waiting until Friday would be the final nail in my coffin, literally.
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Thornell made a heart-wrenching photo of King's widow and children standing beside his open coffin; Johnson spent days inside the King family home in Atlanta and greeted another famous widow, Jackie Kennedy, at the door.
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His funeral ceremonies began with a Mass in New York’s Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, and his coffin was carried from New York to Washington on a slow-moving train.
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Two bouquets of flowers were placed upon his coffin, the BBC reported, as his body was transported from his home in Cambridge to the university church.
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The Nicholson Museum also holds three other mummies — Horus, Meruah and Padiashiakhet — and their coffins.
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He was given a state funeral, where his coffin was transported from the Ferenc Puskás Stadium, named in his honour, to Heroes’ Square for a military salute.
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The Details: Shape: Rounded and harsh square tips are out and the coffin is in.
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The grinning jack-o'-lanterns say their goodbyes, the cobwebs get brushed away, and the skeletons return to their coffins.
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Origin and Etymology of coffin
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: a box in which a dead person is buried
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