burial at sea
Example Sentences
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The salvage, however, included the bodies of six Soviet sailors, who were given a formal military burial at sea.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2024
It was environmental concerns that led 73-year-old sailor and community activist John Berol to have a burial at sea on April 1.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2022
Once that rubble had been given a funeral-like burial at sea, the decision was made to rebuild the famous tower com’era, dov’era: as it was, where it was.
From The New Yorker ● May 13, 2019
But how unusual is a burial at sea?
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2016
In the town of Ravenel, ten thousand dreams hovered over the town each night and ten thousand died each morning, their washed-out corpses borne away for burial at sea by the first breeze.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
