Barton Gellman

Enclosed by a sand berm four miles around and 160 feet high, the Baghdad Nuclear Research Facility entombs what remains of reactors bombed by Israel in 1981 and the United States in 1991. It has stored industrial and medical wastes, along with spent reactor fuel.

American Journalist

Reza Aslan

Whether or not you believe that after three days of being dead and entombed, Jesus got up and walked out of his own accord, what you cannot argue about is the fervent belief of the followers that this happened.

Iranian Writer

Charles Bradlaugh

The abuse dies in a day, but the denial slays the life of the people, and entombs the hope of the race.

English Activist

Entomb is often used when discussing ancient or historical burial practices.

Historical Usage

'Entomb' is formal and typically used in solemn or respectful contexts related to death.

Formal Context

Using 'entomb' can imply a ceremony or ritual associated with burial.

Ceremonial Connotation

'Entomb' can be used metaphorically to describe something completely covered or encased.

Metaphorical Use

Entomb suggests being trapped without an easy way to be released or uncovered.

Implies Permanence

Using 'entomb' can add drama or emphasize the impossibility of escape.

Dramatic Effect

 the truth commission and tell you one story and leave you with one concept one of the first victims who appeared before the truth commission was a woman by the name of Joyce entombed Kulu Joyce's Sansa P where had been poisoned while he was held in detention by the South African security police he went in

Building community in...

 But no one realized that I had come back to life. I was aware of everything, just like any normal person. I could see and understand everything, but I couldn't find a way to let anybody know. My personality was entombed within a seemingly silent body,

How My Mind Came Back to...

 The wasp takes it all the way down into the burrow. The cockroach says, "Nice place." The wasp takes care of some business and then goes and leaves the burrow and seals it shut, leaving the cockroach entombed in darkness, still alive.

Parasite tales: The...

 won't start roads are cut off by ice building strain and crumble under deep drifts of snow everything is entombed our frail bodies struggle to survive I think human

Entomb

Historical Usage

Formal Context

Ceremonial Connotation

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