bury
verb (used with object)
to put in the ground and cover with earth.
had buried
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past perfectof bury.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Matson, spooked by Robinson’s arrest, said he had buried the safe in a wooded area around 30 minutes outside of State College, in a hiding place he marked on Apple Maps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
First I had to dust off and reclaim the title of Artist I had buried underneath frustration and resentment and lay it loudly alongside that of Mother.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025
This was one of those words we thought we had buried in the last century.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025
Turkey-based Syria TV cited residents as saying Assad loyalists had buried police killed in the recent fighting there.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2025
Paleolithic societies, too, had buried their dead, but we do not know what ideas they associated with the grave.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
