1
: a small chest or box (as for jewels)
2
: a usually fancy coffin
casket
transitive verb
Examples of casket in a Sentence
bought a beautiful casket when her grandmother died
a small casket of jewels
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The detective is at a cemetery, where the police are exhuming a casket.
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Matt Cabral, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2025
The casket was closed and could easily have been empty.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
Consequently, as the Longacre exhumation shows, Polly was buried in Longacre’s casket, and Arthur couldn’t bear to strip his father of his dignity.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
The 25-year-old’s slim body, dressed in a white baseball cap, spotless sneakers and blue plaid tie, lies in a gleaming white casket.
—Steve Earley, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2025
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Matt Cabral, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2025
The casket was closed and could easily have been empty.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
Consequently, as the Longacre exhumation shows, Polly was buried in Longacre’s casket, and Arthur couldn’t bear to strip his father of his dignity.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
The 25-year-old’s slim body, dressed in a white baseball cap, spotless sneakers and blue plaid tie, lies in a gleaming white casket.
—Steve Earley, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for casket
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“Casket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/casket. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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