entombed; entombing; entombs
Examples of entomb in a Sentence
a number of Boston's historic notables are entombed in the Old Granary Burying Ground
Recent Examples on the Web
Even in Evergreen, where others were buried for free, Chinese families had to pay $10 to entomb their dead.
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Into the earth the shovels go, and out spring various Etruscan artifacts, mostly pottery, that were entombed, roughly two millennia ago, alongside their deceased owners.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024
Eventually, the objects sank, hidden and entombed, in more than six feet of oozing peat and silt.
—Franz Lidz, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
Steven Golightly woke up Monday morning and walked down his street in Beverly Crest to find a mudslide had entombed two of his neighbor’s cars.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
In 1914, part of a human skeleton was found entombed, a Native American woman who died a hundred centuries ago.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
He was entombed at Mount Vernon, which in 1960, was designated a national historic landmark.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2024
On January 22, the remains were entombed in an above ground mausoleum in the state’s historically Black Eden Cemetery.
—Justin Gamble, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024
But the decision to entomb the remains of the Black Philadelphians who were held in the Morton collection, Woods said, was made in consultation with members of the community.
—Justin Gamble, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024
Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Into the earth the shovels go, and out spring various Etruscan artifacts, mostly pottery, that were entombed, roughly two millennia ago, alongside their deceased owners.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024
Eventually, the objects sank, hidden and entombed, in more than six feet of oozing peat and silt.
—Franz Lidz, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
Steven Golightly woke up Monday morning and walked down his street in Beverly Crest to find a mudslide had entombed two of his neighbor’s cars.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
In 1914, part of a human skeleton was found entombed, a Native American woman who died a hundred centuries ago.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
He was entombed at Mount Vernon, which in 1960, was designated a national historic landmark.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2024
On January 22, the remains were entombed in an above ground mausoleum in the state’s historically Black Eden Cemetery.
—Justin Gamble, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024
But the decision to entomb the remains of the Black Philadelphians who were held in the Morton collection, Woods said, was made in consultation with members of the community.
—Justin Gamble, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English entoumben, from Middle French entomber, from en- + tombe tomb
First Known Use
1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Entomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entomb. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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