entombed; entombing; entombs
Examples of entomb in a Sentence
a number of Boston's historic notables are entombed in the Old Granary Burying Ground
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At San Onofre — just yards from the shore break, on a bluff over the blue Pacific, in an active earthquake zone and close to 8 million residents — millions of pounds of waste are stranded, entombed in concrete, waiting for the federal government to figure out what the bloody heck to do with it.
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Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 18 June 2025
Footage of the pope's funeral Pope Francis' coffin has been entombed.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
Stopped right there and buried partially under hundreds of pounds of ice; entombed.
—Maya Silver, Outside Online, 20 Apr. 2025
Today, the base lies entombed beneath at least 100 feet of ice.
—Isabel Van Brugen
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
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Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 18 June 2025
Footage of the pope's funeral Pope Francis' coffin has been entombed.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
Stopped right there and buried partially under hundreds of pounds of ice; entombed.
—Maya Silver, Outside Online, 20 Apr. 2025
Today, the base lies entombed beneath at least 100 feet of ice.
—Isabel Van Brugen
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for entomb
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“Entomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entomb. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.
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