- bury
- 01. He was [buried] two days after he died, in a cemetery near his home.02. I don't want to be [buried] when I die; I'd rather be cremated.03. The dog [buried] the bone in the backyard.04. I found my car keys [buried] under a pile of paper in my office.05. The [burial] of the murdered child was attended by almost the entire town.06. The squirrels [buried] nuts all over the yard, but forgot where half of them were.07. I couldn't find my homework, but finally discovered it [buried] under a pile of newspapers.08. During the time of the Shang civilization in ancient China, royal [burials] were often accompanied by human and animal sacrifices.09. The entire village was [buried] in ash after the eruption of the volcano.10. Emile Zola once said that if you shut up truth, and [bury] it underground, it will still grow.11. The [burial] chambers contained within the pyramids are connected by a maze of passageways, including dead-ends designed to foil grave robbers.12. Millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who [bury] nuts, and then forget where they hid them.13. In Islam, [burials] cannot take place after sunset.14. In the desert, many animals [bury] themselves in the sand to keep cool.15. Ancient peoples in Peru would often [bury] food with their dead, so as to sustain them on their journey to the next life.16. Although much of our garbage contains valuable raw materials, most of it is simply [buried] or burned.17. In the Bronze Age, Stonehenge was used for ceremonial [burials] of local chieftains.18. Sigmund Freud believed dreams to be symbolic of any number of things [buried] deep within our minds and our memories.19. During a speech in November of 1956, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev told the West, "History is on our side. We will [bury] you."20. To prevent a person from becoming a zombie, some people in Haiti will make sure a dead body is truly lifeless by stabbing it through the heart before [burial].21. The quality of our ground water can be seriously threatened by the [burial] of waste material.22. Herodotus once observed that in peace, sons [bury] their fathers, but in war fathers [bury] their sons.
Grammatical examples in English. 2013.