How to Use bury in a Sentence

bury

verb
  • The dog buried her bone.
  • The disclaimer was buried in the fine print.
  • He buried the money in the backyard.
  • She buried her face in her hands.
  • He has learned to bury his feelings.
  • Their ancestors are buried in the local cemetery.
  • The newspaper covered the story, but it was buried in the back of section C.
  • He was buried with full military honors.
  • Until then, many towns prefer to bury their head in the sand.
    Lucy Alexander, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Her aim was to bury the hatchet in a tiny bull’s-eye, 12 feet away.
    Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Emotions like hurt, fear or feeling misunderstood get buried under the surface.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Carrillo will be buried in Lompoc, though a date for the burial has not yet been determined, the agency said.
    Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
  • And not to bury the lead, but Humphrey's less obvious traits surely seem to trump his most apparent physical difference.
    Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2023
  • With thousands still missing or buried under the rubble, the death toll in Gaza is expected to be higher than official numbers.
    Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Both versions end with the girl being buried at Resurrection Cemetery in Justice, hence the nickname.
    Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Prosecutors alleged that her body may have been buried under a deck behind Ruben Flores’ home in Arroyo Grande.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The wealthy can be buried under elaborate monuments in prestigious cemeteries while some of the least fortunate are relegated to a pauper’s grave.
    Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Jolly gathered some of her mother’s favorite Jewish artifacts and buried Raisa under a gravestone engraved with a cross in a Catholic cemetery.
    Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2023
  • The 550-pound ordnance had been buried underground at Miyazaki Airport, located along the southwest coast of Japan.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The area around the door frames can show names of the people buried there.
    Lilit Marcus, CNN, 16 May 2023
  • Most of that is buried, at least publicly, for the week.
    Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 14 July 2024
  • He’s buried in the infield between the tote board and far turn of the grass course.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2024
  • Two years on, the two appear to have buried the hatchet.
    Rebecca Picciotto,christina Wilkie, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2024
  • In the past, these deeds have lived at the back of a brief or buried at the bottom of a web page.
    Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Braid has little to no stretch in the line, and this helps bury the hook into the mouth of the fish.
    Mark Modoski, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Samples were collected and the whale was buried on the beach.
    Zoe Sottile, CNN, 3 June 2023
  • That set her on a mission to give voice to those whose own voices were buried both in the past and the present.
    Steve Hochman, SPIN, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Kravitz said it should have been considered for the top-spot on the site, but it was buried.
    Ryan Morik, Fox News, 21 July 2023
  • His parents are buried in Bethel Cemetery, south of Gravette, according to findagrave.com.
    Nwa Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • There was a similar silence when Buffalo, New York, was buried in multiple feet of snow in 2022.
    Colleen Hagerty, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2024

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