Example Sentences

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The hope, city officials said, is that the families of those buried there during the pandemic will disinter their loved ones once things calm down.

From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2020

The freedom of the Tyrol is buried on Mount Isel near Innspruck, and we will disinter the golden treasure there and cause it to shed its lustre once more on our mountains and valleys.

From Andreas Hofer by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

The history of my colony would, no doubt, be highly interesting; and I trust that some future traveller will disinter it from the archives of the island, for the benefit of mankind.

From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael