interred
adjective
(of a dead body) placed in a grave or tomb; buried.
uninterred
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a word derived from
interred.
Example Sentences
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Little I care if I such doom must meet; But I care much not uninterred to leave His corpse that was of the same mother born.
From Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles by Goldwin Smith
The woman died, and so poor were the people of the locality, that for want of a few boards to make a coffin, she remained uninterred for eight days.
From The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines by John O'Rourke
My husband's body yet uninterred, still would you have me enter into fresh bonds.
From Olla Podrida by Frederick Marryat
They say the Battery's awful bad,' and he hummed dolorously, Leave the what at the what's-its-name, Leave the flock without shelter, Leave the corpse uninterred, Leave the bride at the altar!
From Under the Deodars by Rudyard Kipling
Leave untended the herd, The flock without shelter; Leave the corpse uninterred, The bride at the altar; Leave the deer, leave the steer, Leave nets and barges; Come with your fighting gear, Broadswords and targes.
From The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades by Various
