How to Use sarcophagus in a Sentence

sarcophagus

noun

• The duke’s body was rolled up in a carpet and plopped in the sarcophagus.
  — New York Times, 30 May 2021
• The larnax was then placed in a sarcophagus and the tomb was sealed.
  — Myrto Papadopoulos, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 June 2020
• The lead sarcophagus had buckled from the weight of the church above it but was still sealed per the Daily Beast.
  — Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2022
• One child was laid to rest in a small clay sarcophagus.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2021
• In a burial shaft, this one 63 feet deep, a 20-ton sarcophagus the size of a Humvee and made of granite sits at the bottom.
  — Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2021
• And the sarcophagus bears no name carved into the stone—just two lion heads.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 10 Oct. 2018
• The outside of the sarcophagus was intriguing enough: The face of a woman at rest was carved into the dark wood.
  — Amy B Wang, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2018
• The body of Khufu was instead likely placed in the king’s chamber, though the only piece still present is the sarcophagus.
  — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 2 Sep. 2022
• The shinning New Safe Confinement arch and the rusty sarcophagus, rise in the distance.
  — John Wendle, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2016
• The sarcophagus was found buried 16.4 feet below the surface.
  — James Rogers, Fox News, 10 July 2018
• The Clift who emerged from that wreck was a disquieting sight: an aged sarcophagus of his former self, with a glint of terror in the eyes.
  — Washington Post, 8 June 2021
• The plane flying Nick, Jenny and the sarcophagus to London is attacked by a swarm of crows and crashes, which sets the Mummy free.
  — Julie Washington, cleveland.com, 9 June 2017
• Swirling sands wrapped the dead trees in a natural sarcophagus.
  — Veronique Greenwood, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
• The flower pot turned out to be part of an ancient Roman sarcophagus.
  — Christine Hauser, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2017
• The metal Musk head crowned what looked like some Egyptian sarcophagus.
  — Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023
• But there’s more: the sarcophagus-like allusions to ancient practices of treating the dead, the witching hour that engulfs the city, the window that beckons the soul.
  — Peter Van Agtmael, Magazine, 8 Dec. 2020
• There's a huge fourth-century stone sarcophagus at the top of this steep cobblestone street.
  — Lisa Morrow, CNN, 25 Apr. 2022
• The name of the scroll’s owner, Pwkhaef, is inscribed on the papyrus, as well as on one sarcophagus and four sculptures, according to Live Science.
  — Isis Davis-Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Jan. 2021
• Inside the church, there was a deep trench into which the marble sarcophagus containing the relics of Germanus was to be lowered.
  — Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books, 24 Sep. 2020
• Worry about the crumbling sarcophagus is compounded by a plan to turn the land around the site into a national park.
  — John Wendle, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2016
• Rather, this is a tale about how a modern co-working space serves as a strange sarcophagus to the vaudeville era and early 20th century Louisville.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 19 Feb. 2020
• In addition to the sarcophagus, the archeologists found an alabaster bust of a man that likely depicts the owner of the tomb.
  — Abigail Abrams, Time, 14 July 2018
• Per a statement from the University of Sheffield, the half-ton sarcophagus contained human remains, an ax and plants used as a bed for the deceased.
  — Isis Davis-Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2021
• The much younger Elizabeth died in 1942 and was placed next to her husband in a matching solid bronze coffin and marble sarcophagus.
  — oregonlive, 27 May 2022
• If that idea proves correct, the person presenting an offering to the gods in the final, central panel may be the same person buried in the large basalt sarcophagus found in the tomb.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 10 Oct. 2018
• Since then, the 2,500-year-old sarcophagus — assumed to be empty — sat in a museum, according to BBC.
  — Josh Magness, miamiherald, 27 Mar. 2018
• After 30 years, that sarcophagus is about to replaced by another, this one designed to last for a hundred years.
  — National Geographic, 25 Apr. 2016
• Researchers don’t know the identity of the mystery woman found inside the sarcophagus.
  — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 2023
• As a result, the history can feel heavier than a sarcophagus.
  — Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2020
• In the chamber lies a large stone sarcophagus adorned with depictions of goddesses and hieroglyphics meant to safeguard the dead.
  — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 1 Oct 2024