How to Use bury in a Sentence

bury

verb
Definition of burynext
Synonyms for burynext
  • The dog buried her bone.
  • The disclaimer was buried in the fine print.
  • He buried the money in the backyard.
  • She buried her face in her hands.
  • He has learned to bury his feelings.
  • Their ancestors are buried in the local cemetery.
  • The newspaper covered the story, but it was buried in the back of section C.
  • He was buried with full military honors.
  • For those with slim, toned legs, don't bury them in a pair of boxy, oversized chinos.
    — Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Some family members choose to bury their heads in the sand and blame the victim rather than the offender.
    — Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • No matter what life throws at you, always keep one foot on the ground like a pink flamingo and your head buried in the sand like an ostrich.
    — Viktoria Shulevich, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
  • That’s exactly the kind of review a PR team’s hoping to bury.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
  • The ideal candidate will face the reality of our problems, not bury them with his/her head in the sand.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2022
  • In other words, the magnetic pole is buried inside the planet, somewhere between the cap and the equator.
    — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The storm, which started dumping snow on parts of the region Thursday, could bury parts of western New York in up to four feet of snow.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 18 Nov. 2022
  • That allowed the Irish to bury eight first-half 3-pointers, including a scorching 5-for-5 from Ryan.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 1 Dec. 2022
  • When Trump announced his comeback bid two years ago, the New York Post buried the article on page 26.
    — Chris Megerian, Twin Cities, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Lauren and Lee would bury Mason jars of money and drugs in the school soccer field across from the house and then forget exactly where they were hidden.
    — Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Denzel Dumfries had no trouble picking him out from the right wing and swinging a cross into the box for Depay to bury it in the bottom left corner.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Within hours, in an apparent effort to conceal evidence, authorities tried to dismantle and bury the wreckage.
    — Anastasia Lin, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Benjamin Duval, who had driven the car and helped Fletcher bury the body, was eventually charged with involuntary manslaughter.
    — Michela Moscufo, ABC News, 18 Nov. 2022
  • A year later, her family would bury Mariyah beside him, both victims of Mississippi’s gun violence epidemic.
    — Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2022
  • The area around the door frames can show names of the people buried there.
    — Lilit Marcus, CNN, 16 May 2023
  • Most of that is buried, at least publicly, for the week.
    — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 14 July 2024
  • He’s buried in the infield between the tote board and far turn of the grass course.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2024
  • Her aim was to bury the hatchet in a tiny bull’s-eye, 12 feet away.
    — Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Two years on, the two appear to have buried the hatchet.
    — Rebecca Picciotto,christina Wilkie, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2024
  • In the past, these deeds have lived at the back of a brief or buried at the bottom of a web page.
    — Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The cemetery where Lee is buried has served as a polling place.
    — Colleen Long, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Braid has little to no stretch in the line, and this helps bury the hook into the mouth of the fish.
    — Mark Modoski, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024

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