Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for catacombs
Noun
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The 2,300-year-old tomb had two rooms — an entrance chamber and a burial chamber — originally connected with a double door, archaeologists said.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025 -
The animal was originally a zhènmùshòu, a monumental, fierce, lion-like tomb guardian from the Tang Dynasty, the authors speculate.—
Amy Woodyatt,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The vault-like room with its large steel access doors held all of the recovered pieces—about 40 percent of the total orbiter—and was a departure from what NASA had done after its previous spaceflight disasters.—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
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Faulí showed me where Gaudí had begun building a traditional Gothic rib to support the vault.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Chilling Chambers is little more than half-hearted fan service that name-checks every maze in Scary Farm history on a crypt or gravestone.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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His coffin was placed inside the crypt of the church.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Catacombs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catacombs. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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