coffined

past tense of coffin

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for coffined
Verb
  • The number of people believed buried was revised down to 59, from 91, on Wednesday.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The men dropped onto Sulztalferner glacier in Tyrol’s Ötztal Valley and were said to have buried their parachutes in the snow before pressing on.
    Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • However, the Oregon State Police Medical Examiner’s Office Human Identification Program learned the unidentified remains were likely interred at Mountain View Cemetery in Oregon City during a subsequent investigation.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Those interred came from a nearby reform facility.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Acutis was entombed in Assisi, where millions flocked to see him through glass, dressed in jeans, Nike sneakers and a sweatshirt.
    Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The offcuts were entombed, encased in this diamond and preserved.
    David Moin, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The defendants concealed the cash receipts from an accountant, who prepared their taxes, which led to the fraudulent omission of more than $17 million in gross sales from tax returns filed with the IRS.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The family travelled north from Central America for weeks, crossing rivers by night and riding concealed in smugglers’ trucks.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • He was laid to rest at Vista Memorial Gardens in Miami Lakes.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Ventura’s civil suit, filed in 2023 and settled quickly, laid the foundation for the federal case now nearing its conclusion.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Coffined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coffined. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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