coffined

Definition of coffinednext
past tense of coffin

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for coffined
Verb
  • Potted plants can be brought into unheated garages or basements during cold snaps or buried in the ground, pot and all.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
  • And just as Nicky is the only person who can see Morgan’s goodness inside her many flaws, only Morgan recognizes Nicky’s unhappiness buried within his bizarre decision to be a priest.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Kennedy ultimately won, allowing her to be interred in Massachusetts, where most of the Kennedy family is buried.
    Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Well, a 121-year-old article in The Cincinnati Enquirer said at least one was interred there.
    Jennie Key, Cincinnati Enquirer, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Sunny had been missing for hours when someone realized he was entombed under a driveway.
    Mark Price April 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 Apr. 2026
  • While Soviet authorities entombed that plant in concrete, Tokyo decided on a very different approach — the Fukushima Dai-ichi facility would be entirely dismantled.
    Yusuke Maekawa, Bloomberg, 8 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • There’s fountains, small areas to climb, and concealed nooks and crannies.
    Jenny Hughes, The Spruce, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Investigators allege Gonzalez wrote checks to herself from HOA accounts over an extended period and concealed the thefts by creating fictitious invoices and false ledger entries.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The country has sporadically attacked ships in and around the Persian Gulf and may have laid mines to deter shipowners and crews from attempting to traverse the narrow waterway.
    Angela Cullen, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2026
  • At a ceremony in 2021, Hungary’s Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó laid the foundation stone of the new terminal.
    Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
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“Coffined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coffined. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.

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