: a box or chest for burying a corpse compare casket
coffined; coffining; coffins
: to enclose in or as if in a coffin
Examples of coffin in a Sentence
Noun
coffins are said to be the preferred sleeping places of vampires
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Fadwa Hodali, Bloomberg, 8 Mar. 2026
Mummy coffins lie destroyed on the ground, top, and broken antique vitrines, below, at the Sudan National Museum in April.
—Eissa Dafallah, NBC news, 8 Mar. 2026
Two are dumped in the foreground on a heap of wood, one coffin minute, presumably of a child.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026
Out back on the patio, a pair of angels cry red blood tears into a fountain, skeletons escape their open coffins and a hooded skull peers over the tables like a Gordon Ramsay grim reaper.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Hundreds of people stepped forward as the coffins were carried toward the cemetery for burial.
—Fadwa Hodali, Bloomberg, 8 Mar. 2026
Mummy coffins lie destroyed on the ground, top, and broken antique vitrines, below, at the Sudan National Museum in April.
—Eissa Dafallah, NBC news, 8 Mar. 2026
Two are dumped in the foreground on a heap of wood, one coffin minute, presumably of a child.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026
Out back on the patio, a pair of angels cry red blood tears into a fountain, skeletons escape their open coffins and a hooded skull peers over the tables like a Gordon Ramsay grim reaper.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for coffin
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“Coffin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coffin. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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