inhumation

Example Sentences

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But it is Mr. Blair’s account of several millennia of inhumation and exhumation, rather than several centuries of fiction writing, that raises the most significant questions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

At supper, after the inhumation, a mutual esteem had sprung up that rapidly ripened into love.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-21 by Various

Burning begins to take the place of inhumation as a means of disposing of the dead; Continental types of weapons make their appearance in the tombs; iron swords and daggers are even found.

From The Sea-Kings of Crete by Baikie, James

He soon found that securing the substitute and securing the body of O'Iwa San for proper inhumation were kindred problems.

From The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) by De Benneville, James S. (James Seguin)

All the attempts are limited, I repeat, to shallow soundings, which inform the insect of the possibility of inhumation.

From The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander