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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This is one of the director’s better recent efforts, more soaring and less entombed in his cynical, snarky worldview.
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2024
The remains of more than 900 Arizona crew members are entombed in the submerged vessel beneath a memorial in their honor.
—Audrey McAvoy, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
Being entombed alive is an apt metaphor for a populace that had its civic freedoms squashed by the Assad dynasty for half a century.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
Emmanuel was entombed aside his father and grandmother.
—Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Jan. 2024
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2024
The remains of more than 900 Arizona crew members are entombed in the submerged vessel beneath a memorial in their honor.
—Audrey McAvoy, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
Being entombed alive is an apt metaphor for a populace that had its civic freedoms squashed by the Assad dynasty for half a century.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
Emmanuel was entombed aside his father and grandmother.
—Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Jan. 2024
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 20 Jan. 2025.
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