a number of Boston's historic notables are entombed in the Old Granary Burying Ground
Recent Examples on the WebShe wasn’t stuck in that place, not entombed there.—Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 15 May 2024 Many have no grave to call their own, entombed beneath the seas in the arms of their shipmates.—The Editors, National Review, 27 May 2024 Crato fossils were squished flat like pressed flowers; Romualdo fossils were entombed in nodules of stone.—Michael Greshko, New York Times, 9 May 2024 Eisenberg, 40, and Keough, 34, agree on the best costume part, but perhaps don’t share their castmate’s enthusiasm for being entombed in the garb, which Eisenberg says took nearly two hours to put on.—USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for entomb
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English entoumben, from Middle French entomber, from en- + tombe tomb
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