exhume
verb (used with object)
to dig (something buried, especially a dead body) out of the earth; disinter.
has exhumed
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present perfectof exhume (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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"This hearing is what we have been waiting for," Father Flavie Villanueva said after saying a prayer over Joewarski's remains, the 126th body his non-profit group has exhumed as potential evidence.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
The nonprofit Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation has exhumed more than 8,200 bodies in communities and at military bases and identified nearly 4,000 since 1992, said its director, Fredy Peccerelli.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2023
Just in time, because Roman's guy has exhumed Matsson's blood brick harassment story, which he shares with Ken.
From Salon ● May 8, 2023
Now, decades later, she has exhumed and rebranded the phrase in her new novel, “Fear of Dying,” which is being billed as the “spiritual” sequel to “Fear of Flying” and is being released on Tuesday.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2015
Robert has exhumed some French books, just now, from a little circulating library which he had not tried, and we have been making ourselves uncomfortable over Balzac's 'Cousin Pons.'
From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) by Sir Frederic G. (Frederic George) Kenyon
