Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for catacombs
Noun
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In Gyeongju, ancient stone foundations and earthen tombs sit in silence—surrounded by low hills and open meadows.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025 -
For two days, Atef, our guide, takes us on a greatest-hits temple tour: Hatshepsut, Medinet Habu, Luxor Temple, the nearly two-mile-long Avenue of Sphinxes, and special entry to the tombs of Ramses VI, Seti I, and Tutankhamen.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
3 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Due to the superior difficulty values of his skills on vault, Hong clinched an automatic bid to compete at the 2025 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia.—
Caroline Price,
Forbes.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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Edwards rarely tires of watching back footage of the feat: his electric speed down the runway, the bounding strides of his jumping action, and the enormous final vault into the sandpit.—
George Ramsay,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Wine enthusiasts will appreciate Cas da Mata’s underground wine crypt, capable of storing up to 1,800 bottles.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
5 Aug. 2025
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And since his death in 1924, a wonder of chemistry, preserved in his crypt — under glass, asleep in his suit — barring the occasional removal for a re-embalming bath.—
Charles Maynes,
NPR,
23 July 2025
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“Catacombs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catacombs. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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