coffined

Definition of coffinednext
past tense of coffin

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for coffined
Verb
  • That could be a good thing for USC-UCLA, Iowa-Nebraska, Illinois-Northwestern and other Big Ten rivalry games that tend to get buried on the last weekend of the regular season.
    Austin Meek, New York Times, 29 May 2026
  • His ashes are buried in the Memorial Garden at our church and his name added to a list of those who reside there.
    Letters to the Editor, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • Lloyd and his wife, Lynne Dewar Lloyd, will be interred together at the Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Lafayette.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
  • Bianchi had been interred anonymously in a military cemetery in Hawaii.
    Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • The hospital simply put identifying stickers on the bicycles and entombed them far from public view.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
  • And the researchers say these practices, such as kin being entombed together, likely came from Roman culture.
    Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Among the witnesses was whistleblower and former Air Force intelligence officer David Grusch, who testified that the government concealed a program investigating UAPs.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 June 2026
  • Jackson had a firearm concealed in his waistband, struggled with officers recovering it and provided a false name, police said.
    Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • We were built on the rock of a friendship that has laid the foundation for our whole future.
    Stephanie Mack, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026
  • Finally, Governor Michael Barr recently laid into Warsh’s advocacy for a smaller Fed balance sheet, insisting that such a narrow focus could cause more harm than good.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 5 June 2026
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“Coffined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coffined. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.

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