: 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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Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 4 June 2025
New York scored six times in the eighth, with Brandon Nimmo’s two-run homer feeling like a nail in the coffin.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Then, the boy in the coffin wakes up — and so does Zsa-Zsa.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 18 May 2025
Speaking to the magazine at the recent CinemaCon festival alongside director Trey Edward Shults and co-star Jenna Ortega, Tesfaye said the movie (which opens on Friday) feels like the final nail in the coffin of the complex Weeknd character.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 13 May 2025
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Noun
But the final nail in the coffin of the film’s watchability is how much effort the octogenarian star actually puts into the role.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 4 June 2025
New York scored six times in the eighth, with Brandon Nimmo’s two-run homer feeling like a nail in the coffin.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Then, the boy in the coffin wakes up — and so does Zsa-Zsa.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 18 May 2025
Speaking to the magazine at the recent CinemaCon festival alongside director Trey Edward Shults and co-star Jenna Ortega, Tesfaye said the movie (which opens on Friday) feels like the final nail in the coffin of the complex Weeknd character.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 13 May 2025
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“Coffin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coffin. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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