entombed; entombing; entombs
Examples of entomb in a Sentence
a number of Boston's historic notables are entombed in the Old Granary Burying Ground
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At an ancient burial site in Xinjiang in northwestern China, at least three bodies entombed thousands of years ago were buried with something apparently very dear to them: Cheese.
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Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2024
Ninety-nine out of 100 elevators are utilitarian things entombed inside walls so no one has to see their ugly guts.
—Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2024
Du Bois, who died in 1963, is entombed in Accra, Ghana.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2024
In addition to the governor and his wife, family members also entombed in the pyramid include their only child, Virginia, and her second husband, William E. Frund; Mrs. Hunt’s parents, Jessie and Susan Ellison; and the Ellison’s other daughter, Lena Ellison.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2024
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Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2024
Ninety-nine out of 100 elevators are utilitarian things entombed inside walls so no one has to see their ugly guts.
—Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2024
Du Bois, who died in 1963, is entombed in Accra, Ghana.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2024
In addition to the governor and his wife, family members also entombed in the pyramid include their only child, Virginia, and her second husband, William E. Frund; Mrs. Hunt’s parents, Jessie and Susan Ellison; and the Ellison’s other daughter, Lena Ellison.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2024
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“Entomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entomb. Accessed 12 Oct. 2024.
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