entomb
verb (used with object)
to place in a tomb; bury; inter.
entombed
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past participleof entomb.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof entomb.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
entombverb (used with object)to place in a tomb; bury; inter.
Example Sentences
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Full of sorrow and restraint, the opening verses are entombed by muffled synths before Liene explodes into an operatic wail of catharsis in the dying moments.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
The hospital simply put identifying stickers on the bicycles and entombed them far from public view.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
In scenes that resemble a dystopian sci-fi movie, their widespread use has left swathes of frontline cities and fields entombed in webs of cable.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
Anderson’s crew entombed their cameras in a custom-built insulated box to prevent their clatter from bleeding into the dialogue and sound of the film.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
Gradually the reason for his silence was hidden away, entombed somewhere deep in the soothing folds of the fact of it.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
