: a box or chest for burying a corpse compare casket
coffined; coffining; coffins
: to enclose in or as if in a coffin
Examples of coffin in a Sentence
Noun
coffins are said to be the preferred sleeping places of vampires
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David Bezmozgis, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
But Azzi Fudd began to put the nail in the coffin in the third quarter, dropping 11 of her 24 points in the frame.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2025
This was almost certainly the final nail in the coffin.
—Harman Dayal, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
Soft Burial’s title comes from the practice of interring someone without a coffin, which in traditional China would happen to the very poor, or after a war or disaster—the sort of catastrophe that befell rural China when land reform became a tool for social revolution and authoritarian control.
—Ian Johnson, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The concussive sound of the first shovelful of dirt on the pine coffin, like the rending of the garment, shockingly tactile.
—David Bezmozgis, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
But Azzi Fudd began to put the nail in the coffin in the third quarter, dropping 11 of her 24 points in the frame.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2025
This was almost certainly the final nail in the coffin.
—Harman Dayal, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
Soft Burial’s title comes from the practice of interring someone without a coffin, which in traditional China would happen to the very poor, or after a war or disaster—the sort of catastrophe that befell rural China when land reform became a tool for social revolution and authoritarian control.
—Ian Johnson, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Coffin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coffin. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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