All 21 Uses of
sarcophagus
in
Angels & Demons
- The sarcophagus, like many in Rome, was askew with the wall, positioned awkwardly.†
Chpt 61-62 *
- Through the barrier she could see the front of the sarcophagus.†
Chpt 61-62
- He had mentioned that papal sarcophagi were above ground and never cemented shut, a throwback to the days of the pharaohs when sealing and burying a casket was believed to trap the deceased's soul inside.†
Chpt 81-82
- The grave decisions facing the camerlegno required information …. information entombed in a sarcophagus in the Vatican Grottoes.†
Chpt 83-84
- Recessed in the alcoves, as far as the lights let them see, the hulking shadows of sarcophagi loomed.†
Chpt 85-86
- Rising before him, the niche's sole contents seemed ironically apropos-a single sarcophagus.†
Chpt 93-94
- And soon, he realized, as he saw the barrel of the gun appear in the opening beneath the sarcophagus.†
Chpt 93-94
- The sarcophagus over Langdon's head suddenly seemed to rise on its side.†
Chpt 93-94
- With a raw grinding, the sarcophagus slid off the supports and landed on the floor.†
Chpt 93-94
- There was no frustrated pounding outside the overturned sarcophagus.†
Chpt 93-94
- The bruise from the falling sarcophagus, although painful, was insignificant …. well worth the compensation that lay before him.†
Chpt 95-96
- Langdon lay trapped beneath the overturned sarcophagus and felt his mind careening dangerously close to the brink.†
Chpt 95-96
- He tried to use his legs to lift as he had before, but now that the sarcophagus had fallen flat, there was no room even to straighten his knees.†
Chpt 95-96
- As the claustrophobic panic closed in, Langdon was overcome by images of the sarcophagus shrinking around him.†
Chpt 95-96
- "Sarcophagus," he stated aloud, with as much academic sterility as he could muster.†
Chpt 95-96
- Sarcophagus is from the Greek "sarx"meaning "flesh," and "phagein" meaning "to eat."†
Chpt 95-96
- Just a simple hole in the wall, beyond which lay a small grotto and a meager, crumbling sarcophagus.†
Chpt 119-120
- Deep in the Vatican Grottoes, Cardinal Mortati knelt alone before the open sarcophagus.†
Chpt 135-136
- A chance for forgiveness," he said to His Holiness, laying the urn inside the sarcophagus at the Pope's side.†
Chpt 135-136
- He gazed one last time into the sarcophagus before him, and then stood up.†
Chpt 135-136
- The guards came forward and with enormous effort slid the lid of the Pope's sarcophagus back into place.†
Chpt 135-136
Definition:
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(sarcophagus) a stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions)