Examples of burial in a Sentence

They prepared the body for burial. She wanted to give him a proper burial. Did you attend the burial? The law prohibits the burial of toxic substances without special permits.

Recent Examples on the Web And California will soon have a new end-of-life burial option: human composting. — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2022 Traditional burial requires tons of steel, concrete and land that must be watered and maintained in perpetuity. — Evan Bush, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2022 Meanwhile, a GoFundMe page had been established by the father of the two children to help pay for burial expenses. — Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2022 Following the funeral services, the late monarch received a private burial at the memorial chapel, per an announcement from Buckingham Palace. — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Sep. 2022 As her family was preparing for her private burial service at Westminster, Catholics were gathering at Westminster Cathedral for a Solemn Mass of Requiem. — Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2022 After the funeral services, the Palace shared on social media that Queen Elizabeth would receive a private burial at the memorial chapel. — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2022 Caskets and burial vaults are also resource-intensive, requiring 30 million board feet of wood and nearly 2 million tons of concrete, steel and other materials yearly, per Tech Insider’s Julia Calderone. — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2022 An Associated Press article covering a mass burial, the largest in the county’s history, describes impoverished Chicagoans caught unexpectedly in their oven-like homes. — WIRED, 21 Sep. 2022 See More

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