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Recent Examples of sarcophagus
Eight years later, the daughter is found in wrappings in a 3,000-year-old sarcophagus, badly malnourished in a catatonic state.
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Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2026
Cronin takes the legend of the mummy out of its sarcophagus by removing it from Egypt and throwing it into a domestic American home.
—Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
Eight years later, she is found alive, wrapped up inside a sarcophagus.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
Set in both Egypt and Albuquerque, New Mexico, Cronin’s wonderfully inventive script drags one of cinema’s oldest tropes out of its sarcophagus and into a modern American home.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Apr. 2026
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Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2026
Cronin takes the legend of the mummy out of its sarcophagus by removing it from Egypt and throwing it into a domestic American home.
—Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
Eight years later, she is found alive, wrapped up inside a sarcophagus.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
Set in both Egypt and Albuquerque, New Mexico, Cronin’s wonderfully inventive script drags one of cinema’s oldest tropes out of its sarcophagus and into a modern American home.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sarcophagus
Noun
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Leaning over Leinonen’s casket, Wolf felt moved to make a promise to his friend.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
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Petrescu looked over at Vidineac, who was weeping as the casket was lowered into the ground.—
Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
Noun
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But Karlie’s friendship with Scooter Braun was said to be the final nail in the coffin of their friendship.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
15 June 2026
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Rolling around inside my coffin would be a gigantic ball of hair trussed by a Möbius strip of fingernail.—
Esther Yi,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
Noun
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There are two dogs, for example, in Bartholomeus van Bassen’s painting of an imagined church interior with the tomb of William the Silent (pictured above, 1620).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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Leo lit a candle and prayed at the tomb of Gaudí in the basilica’s crypt before the service, the highlight of Leo’s weeklong visit to Spain.—
Joseph Wilson,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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“Sarcophagus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sarcophagus. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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