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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Being entombed alive is an apt metaphor for a populace that had its civic freedoms squashed by the Assad dynasty for half a century.
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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
Summer moviegoers spread out blankets and picnics on the cemetery’s Fairbanks Lawn to watch classic films projected against the wall of the Cathedral Mausoleum where Rudolph Valentino and others are entombed.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
However, Beinart and Arellano’s team noticed that crustaceans seemed to survive the Hunga eruption just fine and were scuttling across the ash that had entombed so many other animals.
—Ashley Balzer Vigil, Ars Technica, 4 Sep. 2024
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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
Summer moviegoers spread out blankets and picnics on the cemetery’s Fairbanks Lawn to watch classic films projected against the wall of the Cathedral Mausoleum where Rudolph Valentino and others are entombed.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
However, Beinart and Arellano’s team noticed that crustaceans seemed to survive the Hunga eruption just fine and were scuttling across the ash that had entombed so many other animals.
—Ashley Balzer Vigil, Ars Technica, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Entomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entomb. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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