Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inurned
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Navy personnel worked until April 1942 to recover remains of the crew, which were interred in the Halawa and Nu'uanu Cemeteries in Hawaii.—
Stephen Smith,
CBS News,
14 Mar. 2026 -
Later, the victims’ ashes were interred in a modest columbarium that the priest had built in a Catholic cemetery.—
Sheila Coronel,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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The senior buried a header into the net for the only score of the game.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Mar. 2026
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Kymora Johnson buried an icy 3 and broke a late tie.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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While Soviet authorities entombed that plant in concrete, Tokyo decided on a very different approach — the Fukushima Dai-ichi facility would be entirely dismantled.—
Yusuke Maekawa,
Bloomberg,
8 Mar. 2026
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Even followers of British royalty can make a heritage visit to the final resting place of Princess Alice of Battenberg, grandmother of King Charles, who is entombed on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Which means the former enfant terrible has now been enshrined as a member of the Establishment.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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That pair is conjoined in history, sharing 1994 NBA Rookie of the Year honors and getting enshrined in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in the same class, 2018.—
Brad Townsend,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Inurned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inurned. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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