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
Department of the Army, which owns the property, has exhumed the remains of at least 23 children and returned them to their home communities.
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2022
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
In the seventh volume of the “Euphorion” Richard M. Meyer has exhumed a probable source of Ludwig's “Maria.”
From Sleep Walking and Moon Walking A Medico-Literary Study by J. Sadger
