burial
Example Sentences
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It was later taken to a mosque where relatives and mourners offered prayers before carrying it through the streets for burial.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
Her family had waited in agony for a month, praying that even a small part of her body would be recovered so they could hold a proper burial.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Police and local officials later intervened, persuading Munda to return the remains to the burial ground and assuring him his request would be addressed.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
Most existing Celtic objects—found in bogs and burial mounds—are durable works in stone, bone, glass, metal and terracotta with rare survivals in wood, leather and cloth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
Anything would be better than being chased round and round the burial places of the Ancient Kings with something he dared not look at behind him.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing burial
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -al, -ial
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"Taste of Salt" by Frances Collins, Chapters 13–18
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Doctor Faustus
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