tomb
noun
an excavation in earth or rock for the burial of a corpse; grave.
tombless
-
a word derived from
tomb.
Example Sentences
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The food and drink which pious hands laid in the tomb were denied to the tombless ghost, and it had to search for them where it could.
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
On all these tombless crucified No lovers' eyes have time to weep.
From Songs Before Sunrise by Algernon Charles Swinburne
Ah, Carolina! well the tear May dew thy cheek; thy clasped hands rear In passion, o'er their tombless bier, Thy fallen chivalry!
From War Poetry of the South by Various
Be not so hard Thus without ruth tombless to cast him forth; Nor be so vanquished by a vehement will, That to thy hate even Justice’ self must bow.
From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles
The spirit, first, of my companion came, Elpenor; for no burial honours yet Had he received, but we had left his corse In Circe’s palace, tombless, undeplored, 60 Ourselves by pressure urged of other cares.
From The Odyssey of Homer by William Cowper
