Examples of interment in a Sentence
a respectful but nonreligious interment in a private cemetery
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An interment will be held at Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn.
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Andrew McGowan, Variety, 27 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.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
The government has placed DJI on this list due to its alleged role in the persecution of China's Uyghur ethnic minority, a group that is reportedly restricted to interment camps, strictly monitored, and forced to perform labor.
—PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2025
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.
—James Powel, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
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Andrew McGowan, Variety, 27 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.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
The government has placed DJI on this list due to its alleged role in the persecution of China's Uyghur ethnic minority, a group that is reportedly restricted to interment camps, strictly monitored, and forced to perform labor.
—PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2025
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.
—James Powel, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for interment
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“Interment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interment. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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interment
noun
in·ter·ment
in-ˈtər-mənt 
: burial
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