as in casket
a boxlike container for holding a dead body the crypt under the abbey church contains the sarcophagus of the monastery's founding abbot

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Recent Examples of sarcophagus The sarcophagus is now undergoing conservation before being presented to the public. Aurora Martínez, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 June 2025 After the events of The Dark Ages in the dimension of the Argenta and fighting his way into Hell, the demons somehow managed to trap the Doom Slayer in a sarcophagus for an unspecified (but very long) time. Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 28 Mar. 2025 The sarcophagus, which has become increasingly unstable, was never meant to last. Kim Barker, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025 While the Nosferatu sarcophagus debuted ahead of the holidays, the official NBCUniversal shop site warns that the beds, which are made to order, likely won’t arrive in time for Christmas. Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for sarcophagus
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Noun
  • The funeral was closed casket—an uncommon thing for Catholics back then—because my mother did not want people to see the work the undertakers had to do to stitch my father back together.
    Jon Michael Varese, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The video for the song features HARDY singing while lying in a casket in the ground— imagery that isn’t entirely foreign to him.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Once the coffin was brought into the chapel with an honor guard, the archbishop blessed their remains, and each pallbearer was given a box to carry to the burial vault for interment.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
  • However, with four Gators defensive linemen out, Miami proved UF will bend with pressure, with 78 of its 184 ground yards in the fourth quarter while scoring two coffin-nailing touchdowns.
    Noah White, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
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  • Firemen in their command center calm the fears of the locals who call in, law enforcement tracks down tomb robbers, while in the port of Torre Annunziata, Syrian tankers unload Ukrainian grain.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Research on ancient Egypt is largely biased toward the elite, whose spectacular tombs, monuments, and artifacts have been the dominant focus.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Sarcophagus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sarcophagus. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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