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Coffin in a sentence

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Coffin meaning

  1. A closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial.
  2. The eighth Lenormand card.
  3. A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie.

Synonyms of Coffin

Using Coffin

  • The main meaning on this page is: A closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial. | The eighth Lenormand card. | A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie.
  • Useful related words include: casket, box, put, set.
  • In the example corpus, coffin often appears in combinations such as: the coffin, coffin of, coffin and.

Context around Coffin

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Coffin

  • In this selection, "coffin" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, wooden, cypress, zinc, goodbye, caskets and board stand out and add context to how "coffin" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a coffin was exhumed and a lead coffin and the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "coffin" sits close to words such as abbas, assignments and balloons, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with coffin

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Beside his coffin lay a sinisterly decorated sledgehammer presented by the Wagner private army. (14 words)

But Horton’s third touchdown of the day was the nail-in-the-coffin score. (15 words)

At Villacoublay military airfield, Princess Diana's coffin is placed in the hold of Squadron Leader Graham Laurie's BAe-146. (21 words)

Jardine 1821 p.8 The skeleton, lying on the wooden coffin board, was then placed upon the top of a lead coffin and the large crowd of curious people who had assembled outside the church were allowed to file past the vault to view the king's remains. (48 words)

As her husband's coffin was loaded into the back of the hearse, Mrs O'Dwyer carried her daughter over and after giving it a kiss herself, lowered Charlotte down just enough so that she too could kiss her father's coffin goodbye. (43 words)

In a private service after the funeral, the cypress coffin will be will be placed into a zinc coffin and sealed and then both will be placed into another coffin made of wood, according to tradition for the burial of a pope. (42 words)

Example sentences (20)

In a private service after the funeral, the cypress coffin will be will be placed into a zinc coffin and sealed and then both will be placed into another coffin made of wood, according to tradition for the burial of a pope.

Idy, the daughter of a wealthy governor who lived around 1880 BC, was found in a coffin within another coffin in a tomb in the city of Asyut, 200 miles south of Cairo.

As her husband's coffin was loaded into the back of the hearse, Mrs O'Dwyer carried her daughter over and after giving it a kiss herself, lowered Charlotte down just enough so that she too could kiss her father's coffin goodbye.

In 2017, pallbearers in Ghana were seen lifting not only the coffin-caskets, but also the moods of the people at funerals with their stylish dances whilst carrying a coffin.

Iranian officials postponed Khomeini's first funeral after a huge mob stormed the funeral procession, destroying Khomeini's wooden coffin in order to get a last glimpse of his body or touch of his coffin.

Jardine 1821 p.8 The skeleton, lying on the wooden coffin board, was then placed upon the top of a lead coffin and the large crowd of curious people who had assembled outside the church were allowed to file past the vault to view the king's remains.

Now after certain days they brought up his coffin to the Land of Israel, during which journey thieves encountered them, causing those who had gone up to flee, leaving there the coffin.

Access is possible to the lower Coffin level beneath the Pier Pavilion site – so called for its shape - but all others are off limits.

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A coffin was exhumed, and on the inside, a skeleton was lying on top of soft woolen padding; a wool blanket tucked around it and wrapped snugly around its head.

After determining that he was a danger to all other life forms, Superman spent the entire issue floating through space, inside a coffin, and reflecting on his life.

And as if Israeli forces were not satisfied with murdering her, they even attacked the pallbearers carrying her coffin during her mass funeral procession in Jerusalem.

And if years of watching the network shamelessly serve as the Trump White House’s mouthpiece wasn’t enough, the Dominion revelations surely should have nailed the coffin shut tight.

And in a final gesture of farewell, the priest swung over the coffin a censer of burning frankincense, whose aromatic billows of smoke wafted up into the heavens.

Archbishop Georg Ganswein (left), longtime personal secretary of Pope Benedict XVI, kisses the coffin of friend and mentor at his funeral on Jan.

A reboot of the gritty crime classic has been in development for more than a decade, but the latest update regarding the film's director should be the final nail in the coffin to prevent the troubled remake from happening.

At Villacoublay military airfield, Princess Diana's coffin is placed in the hold of Squadron Leader Graham Laurie's BAe-146.

Beside his coffin lay a sinisterly decorated sledgehammer presented by the Wagner private army.

Between tears and screams, Itsenko and Kuznetsov wait for the last handful of dirt to be tossed onto the lowered coffin.

BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla termed RJD's tweet "disgusting" while another spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said the coffin belongs to the RJD and the Parliament of the country.

But Horton’s third touchdown of the day was the nail-in-the-coffin score.

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Common combinations with coffin

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "coffin" in a sentence?
An example: "In a private service after the funeral, the cypress coffin will be will be placed into a zinc coffin and sealed and then both will be placed into another coffin made of wood, according to tradition for the burial of a pope." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "coffin" from authentic English texts.
What does "coffin" mean?
Coffin means: A closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial.
What are synonyms of "coffin"?
Common synonyms of "coffin" include: casket, box, put, set, place, pose, position, lay.
How many example sentences with "coffin" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "coffin", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.