Examples of interment in a Sentence
a respectful but nonreligious interment in a private cemetery
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The flag is flown at half-staff from the day of death until interment of a former vice president, according to the Flag Code.
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Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 17 Nov. 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, 10 Nov. 2025
Flags in Minnesota are also currently lowered in honor of former Vice President Dick Cheney and will remain at half-staff until sunset on the day of his interment.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025
American flags are ordered to fly at half-staff until sunset on the day of Cheney's interment services, according to the state Department of Military Affairs.
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025
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Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 17 Nov. 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, 10 Nov. 2025
Flags in Minnesota are also currently lowered in honor of former Vice President Dick Cheney and will remain at half-staff until sunset on the day of his interment.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025
American flags are ordered to fly at half-staff until sunset on the day of Cheney's interment services, according to the state Department of Military Affairs.
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025
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“Interment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interment. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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interment
noun
in·ter·ment
in-ˈtər-mənt 
: burial
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