Thesaurus results for CATACOMB

catacomb

noun

ˈka-tə-ˌkōm

as in tomb

usually catacombs plural an underground burial chamber explored the catacombs looking for evidence about burial customs of that ancient society

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Recent Examples of catacomb While Pope and Sarah desperately sought an escape, a violent storm hit and flooded the catacombs. —

Jordana Comiter, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024 Yes, Pope and Sarah do end part one trapped in a catacomb in Charleston that is rapidly filling with water. —

Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024 Many parts of the French capital were transformed into sporting venues overnight, but one iconic venue far away from the action was the catacombs that sit directly under the ground. —

Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2024 Pope and Sarah go into catacombs beneath an old church in search of the treasure, but are forced to hide among the rats when Lightner (Rigo Sanchez) and his boss Dalia (Pollyanna McIntosh) show up and grab a mysterious scroll that is most likely a map. —

Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for catacomb

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In it, a small baby lies on a tomb of red velvet, her skin and dress a rocky gray (Eguiguren Arte de Hispanomérica, D10) and eye sockets blank, an icy contrast to the fresh roses and wildflowers with which she is adorned.

— Walker Mimms, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
On the thirteenth-century tomb of Eleanor of Aquitaine, she is shown wide awake and reading, while her dull and kingly husband sleeps for all eternity.

— Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025