entomb
verb (used with object)
to place in a tomb; bury; inter.
entombs
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present tense formof entomb (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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John Boorman’s bold, unnerving crime film “Point Blank” entombs its potent emotions within opaque performances, stripped-down dialogue and a cool-to-the-touch visual style.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
In a tragic extension of this structure, Moonlight entombs even Chiron’s adulthood in the confines of the closet.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2018
Joy’s mother, defeated by divorce, entombs herself in her bedroom, a man-fearing Miss Havisham addicted to soap operas.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 31, 2015
And just off a beach covered in sharp coral, a graveyard swallowed by the jungle entombs dozens of fishermen.
From Time ● Mar. 25, 2015
Passing under this cliff was like finding yourself, as some sea- hunters unexpectedly have, beneath the open, upper jaw of a whale; which, descending, infallibly entombs you.
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I by Herman Melville
