interring
Example Sentences
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The little boy was buried by his parents, who believed he would be reincarnated if they followed a ritual while interring the body.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2024
Unlike interring the ashes, you can’t later decide to retrieve or move the ashes — they commingle with the soil.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2023
“That is because the decision succeeded in interring this sort of legislation and keeping it from spreading all around the country.”
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2022
There are enormous practical difficulties, often involving by-laws on the burial of human remains, when it comes to interring so many bodies.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 4, 2020
We wouldn’t be interring him in the Atlantic, but a pauper’s grave was just as permanent.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
