Coffins in a sentence

Cardboard coffins and a sign that reads “28 assassinations by the represion, resign Dina the murderess” are seen next to members of the police during a demonstration against the government of Peruvian President Dina Boluarte in Lima on January 4, 2023.

Dozens of people attended the service held at a primary school, where 21 coffins, some decked with simple wreaths, were lined up under a tent.

Dutch startup Loop Biotech makes cocoon-like coffins and urns designed to dissolve into the environment amid growing demand for more sustainable burial practices.

He checked his watch as the flag-draped coffins were returned and misrepresented his son’s death to the face of one of the grief-stricken.

Previous years have seen brave attendees get sealed in coffins and chased by chainsaw wielding actors, just to give you a sense of the sort of scares you can expect.

The families had gathered before the president arrived, some weeping over the coffins, each draped with the blue-and-yellow Ukrainian flag and next to a large black-and-white portrait of the victim.

The footage shows men in uniform nailing wooden coffins shut and loading them onto a truck.

The vehicle, which is normally reserved for transporting coffins to funerals, was one of two cars that randomly invaded the pitch at half-time during a non-league friendly last night.

All the willow used to make the coffins by not-for-profit company Naturally Useful is grown on their land at Marcassie Farm.

But some people have been wearing and waving them, and draping them on coffins, as a symbol of resistance.

Cambodian flags covered the wooden coffins.

Curated in partnership with the British Museum, the international exhibition is one of the largest presented outside London and features over 500 items, including intricate jewellery, coffins, and remnants of colossal statues.

Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides attended a funeral service at Ayios Panteleimonas Orthodox Church in the capital, Nicosia, for the 15 soldiers before their remains were contained in Greek flag-draped coffins.

Fighters in fatigues carried the flag-covered coffins as a band played.

Fire-and-forget missiles transform tanks into expensive iron coffins; ultra-cheap commercial drones can drop explosives anywhere.

For the prospective owner, there’s the slightly morbid view of the local authority-owned graveyard, with stones carrying mortality images such as coffins, angels, crossbones and skulls.

Indika only remarks on the puppets and not the coffins, which hints at how normal the latter must be.

In the past, wooden coffins were for the wealthy and the majority would have been buried in this way.

It’s a very unique thing for the county…it’s zoned as a green cemetery so we can’t have anyone that is embalmed, no metal coffins, there are no cement vaults.

On the steps leading to the main entrance of the building small paper-made coffins were placed alongside images of children who were recently killed during the conflict.