bury
verb (used with object)
to put in the ground and cover with earth.
Example Sentences
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At every turn, Schoenbrun buries the movie alive, heaping layer upon layer of meta subtext onto it.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
The commission is a German non-profit organisation that searches, recovers and buries the war dead on behalf of the German government.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Dozens of crumbling buildings in Venezuela's decimated earthquake zone bear a spray-painted letter 'D' -- a sign that buries any hope of finding life beneath the rubble.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Tempering democratic rhetoric with aristocratic restraint, he rises above the divisions of debate to deliver the funeral oration when Athens buries its dead sons in the war’s first winter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Dad buries the soup in the back yard next to our dead beagle, Ariel.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
