- present participle of bury.
burying
Example Sentences
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As international rescue teams from the US, Mexico and dozens of other countries scrambled with trained dogs and heavy equipment to dig out survivors, Venezuelans began burying the dead they could find.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Someone else threw out the idea of burying the ring for Danielle to find.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
"We're not going to change the stigma that still exists by burying our heads in the sand and ignoring it anymore, but by getting it out there," he says.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Widow’s Bay’s founders damned themselves and all their descendants by burying their iniquity instead of living with it long enough to dispel it and learn from that mistake.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
“Sorry, sah. Sorry, sah. I am burying the manscrit here, I know I am burying it here.”
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
