disinterred

Example Sentences

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Some reports claimed remains housed there had been disinterred.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

Several graves were being disinterred during my visit.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2023

In June 2021, the U.S. disinterred the remains of 652 unidentified Korean War casualties buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii.

From Washington Times • May 19, 2023

After approving the request, Veterans Affairs disinterred the body, placed the wooden coffin in a protective fiberglass case and fork-lifted it into the bed of Mr. Walls’s Ford F-350 pickup truck, Mr. Walls said.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2023

Like those disinterred dead from his childhood that had been relocated to accommodate a highway.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy