: a box or chest for burying a corpse compare casket
coffined; coffining; coffins
: to enclose in or as if in a coffin
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Examples of coffin in a Sentence
Noun
coffins are said to be the preferred sleeping places of vampires
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024
David dug up his son’s coffin for a second funeral.
—Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024
So does his friend Marty Funkhouser (Bob Einstein), who would be within his rights to eternally expunge Larry, simply for the time, at Marty’s father’s funeral, that Larry removed from the coffin a golf club he was convinced belonged to him.
—Wesley Morris Ron Butler Emma Kehlbeck Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Her body, which was not embalmed, was buried in a wooden coffin.
—Patrick Neas, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2024
In the Nations League, Reyna saved Berhalter twice, assisting on the two extra-time goals that beat Jamaica in the semifinal, then putting the final nail in Mexico’s coffin with his second-half goal in the final.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
Thousands of mourners defied heavy security to greet Navalny's coffin with applause and chants at the church and cemetery where he was buried.
—NBC News, 1 Mar. 2024
The horror of the war’s casualties—zinc coffins, once prosperous cities turned to ruins—were otherwise hidden behind the celebrations for City Day, the opening of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, and marathons held on downtown streets.
—Vadim Smyslov, WIRED, 21 Feb. 2024
Lindo’s part is being kept in the coffin, but one source describes it as having a musical element to it.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2024
Noun
Some were buried in wooden coffins while others were wrapped in fabric.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024
David dug up his son’s coffin for a second funeral.
—Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024
So does his friend Marty Funkhouser (Bob Einstein), who would be within his rights to eternally expunge Larry, simply for the time, at Marty’s father’s funeral, that Larry removed from the coffin a golf club he was convinced belonged to him.
—Wesley Morris Ron Butler Emma Kehlbeck Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Her body, which was not embalmed, was buried in a wooden coffin.
—Patrick Neas, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2024
In the Nations League, Reyna saved Berhalter twice, assisting on the two extra-time goals that beat Jamaica in the semifinal, then putting the final nail in Mexico’s coffin with his second-half goal in the final.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
Thousands of mourners defied heavy security to greet Navalny's coffin with applause and chants at the church and cemetery where he was buried.
—NBC News, 1 Mar. 2024
The horror of the war’s casualties—zinc coffins, once prosperous cities turned to ruins—were otherwise hidden behind the celebrations for City Day, the opening of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, and marathons held on downtown streets.
—Vadim Smyslov, WIRED, 21 Feb. 2024
Lindo’s part is being kept in the coffin, but one source describes it as having a musical element to it.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2024
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“Coffin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coffin. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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