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Examples of burial in a Sentence
They prepared the body for burial.
She wanted to give him a proper burial.
Did you attend the burial?
The law prohibits the burial of toxic substances without special permits.
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These burials are along the edges of the mounds, leaving much of the center of the mounds untouched.
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Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024
The boy's body is set to be laid to rest Friday, with funeral services at St. Peter of Alcantara Church followed by a burial in St. Mary’s Parish Cemetery, both in Port Washington, Wisconsin.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 13 Nov. 2024
All five burials were discovered approximately four feet below the ground surface.
—Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Nov. 2024
Mohamed Ismail Khaled, the secretary-general of the supreme council of antiquities in Egypt, told ABC News that most of the wooden coffins and linen wraps that would have been customary for these kinds of burials were destroyed by ancient floods.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024
The boy's body is set to be laid to rest Friday, with funeral services at St. Peter of Alcantara Church followed by a burial in St. Mary’s Parish Cemetery, both in Port Washington, Wisconsin.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 13 Nov. 2024
All five burials were discovered approximately four feet below the ground surface.
—Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Nov. 2024
Mohamed Ismail Khaled, the secretary-general of the supreme council of antiquities in Egypt, told ABC News that most of the wooden coffins and linen wraps that would have been customary for these kinds of burials were destroyed by ancient floods.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Burial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burial. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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burial
noun
buri·al
ˈber-ē-əl 
: the act of burying
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