bury
Example Sentences
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“He could have been buried by a collapsing house.”
From Literature
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When she was alone, Sadako buried her face in the pillow and cried for a long time.
From Literature
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"When we buried him in Slovyansk, land was being liberated and we thought the war would soon end," Natalia explains, after the reburial ceremony conducted with military honours.
From BBC
When I finished one piece, I buried it and waited for Adek to give me a signal.
From Literature
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It took rescuers 17 days to make contact with the buried men, and when they did everyone expected to find a grisly scene of madness and death.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.