Definition: 1. A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone). 2. A large grave, especially one built of stone above or below the ground.
Use 'tomb' in a sentence:
1. But the second tomb has been built.
2. Take away love and our earth is a tomb.
3. Take away love, and our earth is a tomb.
4. They had built a tomb for him.
5. We cannot take money into the tomb.
6. We will place the body of the death in the tomb.
7. Experts remind people to be careful during the holiday of Qingming, known as Tomb Sweeping Day.
8. A separate tomb should cover no more than 0.5 square meter, and a multi-burial grave is designated less than 0.8 square meter.
9. We lament for the martyrs before their tombs.
10. Almost all potteries found in the tomb were sacrifices.
11. They carried his body to the tomb.
12. Where's the tomb?
13. But I couldn't find her tomb.
14. British archaeologist Howard Carter knew that the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun existed from information found in other sites.
15. This place is like a tomb.
16. Pilate sent guards to watch the tomb day and night.
17. She placed a bunch of flowers at the tomb.
18. The flowers grew in the sarcophagi with a wild exuberance, wantoning, it seemed, in mockery of the tomb whence they sprang.
19. Who would like to be a tomb?
20. Reporter Tang got the news from Guangdong Provincial Government that seven people died in a drowning accident on April 5th, 2015. A 17-year-old girl, Xiao Yi, fell into a reservoir while washing hands after a tomb sweeping with her family.
21. These, he hoped, would protect his tomb after his death.
22. Before I left, I picked up their cross and put it back in place on their tomb. The break was clean so it fit like a puzzle piece.
23. An archaeologically valuable ancient tomb was unearthed in the underlying soil of this corn field.
24. People all over the world come to visit the tomb of Shakespeare.
25. Didn't the man who first made tomb figures die without leaving an heir?
26. The earliest indication of silk paper being used was discovered in the tomb of a noble who is estimated to have died around 168 AD.
27. They had been laid in each other's arms inside the tomb. I can't relate all the feelings I had while looking at that picture of them together, bursting with youthful energy, their eager smiles full of excitement and anticipation12 of their lives together.
28. They had dug out an ancient tomb.
29. This isn't a palace; it's a tomb.
30. Leaders and other important people are often buried in giant tombs.
31. Have you ever been to a tomb?
32. It was on Nov 4, 1923, the British archaeologist Howard Carter stumbled on a stone at the base of the tomb of another pharaoh in Luxor that eventually led to a sealed doorway.
33. When he finally arrived in the state of Yan and truly saw the cities and temples and his ancestors' house and tombs, he had only very few sentimental4 feelings left.
34. Angelina adopted Maddox when he was just seven months old after she visited a Cambodian orphanage while shooting her film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider in 2002.
35. Tomb figure making reached its highest development peak in the Tang Dynasty.
36. Unsatisfied, I said to the young couple buried there, "Excuse me. I don't mean any disrespect but I'd just like to stand on your tomb for a second to take a picture of your flowers. I hope you don't mind."
37. He took off his sword and gave it to the dead man by hanging it on a tree near his tomb.
38. I've explored ancient castles, palaces, temples, tombs, catacombs and labyrinths.
39. No one knows where the tomb is.
40. His tomb is just ahead.
41. What did they see in the tomb?
42. So this hill is his tomb.
43. When he was told that the tombs were his ancestors', he couldn't help weeping.
44. For centuries these tombs and others like them attracted little attention.
45. Let's find time for a trip to the Ming tombs.
46. He found the large tomb.
47. I cast my eyes into the tomb.
48. A man has been arrested in Cyprus on suspicion of vandalizing the tombs of three archbishops in nicosia.
49. Wreaths were laid at the martyr's tomb.
50. However, Tomb Sweeping Day is not only about this.
51. Tomb-Sweeping Day has been a public holiday on the Chinese mainland since 2008.
52. Later friends came and took Jesus' body down from the cross and buried Him in a rich man's burial place, called a sepulchre, or tomb.
53. When I walked to the rear edge of the cemetery, an unusual sight caught my eye-a tomb that was twice as large as any of the others.
54. Many are made to be put in the tombs of the elite in order to serve the tomb owners in the afterlife.
55. The tomb had been robbed of its treasures.
56. Many treasures were lost when the tombs were raided in the last century.
57. Burnt incense scattered on the charred ground in front of the tomb.
58. The King was on a private visit to enable him to pray at the tombs of his ancestors.
