Example Sentences

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While Parisse and his team-mates lapped up the adulation from the stands, Glasgow were burying their heads after a hugely frustrating performance.

From BBC • May 19, 2023

Mourners were burying the victim at different graveyards in the city and elsewhere.

From Washington Times • Jan. 31, 2023

Also on Tuesday, mourners were burying the bombing victims at different graveyards in Peshawar and elsewhere.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2023

“We were burying that whole era of immense self-confidence that led us to Vietnam,” Mr. Sheehan later said.

From Washington Post • Jan. 7, 2021

But you know, I felt they were burying him too quick.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride