Examples of interment in a Sentence
a respectful but nonreligious interment in a private cemetery
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An interment service will follow at the Mount Calvary Baptist Church Lakeside Cemetery in Macon.
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2026
And it was provided only old paper maps and stacks of interment cards that listed names, dates and funeral homes.
—Robbyn Abbitt, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2026
Unlike Monday's burial for Princess Irene, which follows a Saturday prayer service in Madrid and a funeral Monday at Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, the Tatoi interment for Sofia's mother, Queen Federica of Greece, was not official, and took place almost furtively.
—Diego Parrado, Vanity Fair, 18 Jan. 2026
From the date of death until interment for the governor of a state, territory or possession.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 18 Jan. 2026
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2026
And it was provided only old paper maps and stacks of interment cards that listed names, dates and funeral homes.
—Robbyn Abbitt, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2026
Unlike Monday's burial for Princess Irene, which follows a Saturday prayer service in Madrid and a funeral Monday at Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, the Tatoi interment for Sofia's mother, Queen Federica of Greece, was not official, and took place almost furtively.
—Diego Parrado, Vanity Fair, 18 Jan. 2026
From the date of death until interment for the governor of a state, territory or possession.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 18 Jan. 2026
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“Interment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interment. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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interment
noun
in·ter·ment
in-ˈtər-mənt 
: burial
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