coffined

past tense of coffin

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for coffined
Verb
  • However, at least 7,500 remain missing buried under the rubble, the Palestinian health ministry told CNN on June 28.
    Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • Would her child be buried in a separate part of the cemetery without the appropriate eulogies?
    Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Verb
  • If not for the hole, Johnson may have remained in relative obscurity in Spring Grove, a graveyard where the city’s historical elite are interred next to people who never made it into the news.
    Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026
  • After his lie in state honor at the Idaho Capitol and a public funeral in May, Kempthorne was interred at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery in Boise.
    Kevin Fixler June 26, Idaho Statesman, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Hall today is entombed at the Signers’ Monument in Augusta alongside Walton.
    Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 30 June 2026
  • In downtown Miami, the contours of a prehistoric Tequesta village and burial site lie entombed under a Whole Foods and a Joe & the Juice.
    Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • An off-duty officer spotted suspicious behavior that led TSA to discover a knife concealed inside a prosthetic leg at airport security.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • According to Woodward, some emails in question -- which had their senders and recipients concealed -- were redacted to protect the names of victims.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • The resulting fireball laid waste to the surrounding facility, and erupted in a burst with a glow visible more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) away.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 27 June 2026
  • That laid the foundations for his championship-leading breakout season in 2026.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 June 2026
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“Coffined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coffined. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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