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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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If common sense prevails, Mr. Trump’s email thread may serve as the final nail in the coffin of email as the universal office communicator.
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Improvements on land-to-sea attacks were the final coffin on pykrete.
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Police believe the coffin may have been taken from a funeral home or a nearby cemetery, possibly removed from a fresh grave, reports CBS.
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At Iguchi’s tiny funeral ceremony last fall, a monk chanted last rites as Iguchi’s body rested in a coffin lined with white satin.
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If his office helped SoccerCity to confidential legal advice, that coffin would seem nailed.
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Troian must have had her lips sealed tighter than a Rosewood coffin.
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Harry remembers walking in the behind his mom's coffin in the streets of London after her death.
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At the request of Indiana Gov. Conrad Baker, the Coffins reported on the conditions at Michigan City and Jeffersonville.
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Origin and Etymology of coffin
Middle English cofyn, coffyn “basket, hamper” (in translations from Latin), “chest, box,” borrowed from Anglo-French cofin, coffin “basket, chest, container,” borrowed from Latin cophinus “large basket, hamper,” borrowed from Greek kóphinos “large basket,” of pre-Greek substratal origin
coffin
Definition of coffin
transitive verb
: to enclose in or as if in a coffin
Origin and Etymology of coffin
derivative of 1coffin
COFFIN Defined for English Language Learners
coffin
playDefinition of coffin for English Language Learners
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: a box in which a dead person is buried
COFFIN Defined for Kids
coffin
playDefinition of coffin for Students
: a box or case to hold a dead body for burial
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