Examples of interment in a Sentence
a respectful but nonreligious interment in a private cemetery
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Other officials, such as Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, Cabinet Secretaries and former Vice Presidents may have the flag flown at half-staff from the day of their death until their interment.
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James Powel, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
From the day of death until the interment of an associate justice of the Supreme Court, a secretary of an executive or military department, a former vice president or the governor of a state.
—Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Governor Laura Kelly ordered flags at the State Capitol Complex and all court buildings to be lowered until the judge's interment, citing his long service on the bench.
—Matt Cannon, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
As a result of the directive, all flags should be lowered effective immediately and remain lowered until sunset on the date of interment, which has not yet been determined, Lamont said.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 27 July 2025
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James Powel, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
From the day of death until the interment of an associate justice of the Supreme Court, a secretary of an executive or military department, a former vice president or the governor of a state.
—Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Governor Laura Kelly ordered flags at the State Capitol Complex and all court buildings to be lowered until the judge's interment, citing his long service on the bench.
—Matt Cannon, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
As a result of the directive, all flags should be lowered effective immediately and remain lowered until sunset on the date of interment, which has not yet been determined, Lamont said.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 27 July 2025
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“Interment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interment. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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interment
noun
in·ter·ment
in-ˈtər-mənt 
: burial
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